A Kentucky McDonald’s was fined by authorities this week after it allowed children to carry out unpaid work, with one of them illegally using the deep fryer.
The U.S. Department of Labor said on Tuesday that its investigators had discovered two 10-year-old children working in the kitchen at a Louisville McDonald’s restaurant.
They were employed—but not paid—by Bauer Food LLC, a Louisville-based operator of 10 McDonald’s locations, officials said, and sometimes worked as late as 2 a.m….