Exactly, even if they do get caught, the fines are so goddamn low it’s barely worth it. A warehouse in my city got caught using 11-year-olds in their labor force, including having them driving forklifts. Their penalty? The kids can’t work there anymore and the company that owned the warehouse got a $30k fine.
Exactly, even if they do get caught, the fines are so goddamn low it’s barely worth it. A warehouse in my city got caught using 11-year-olds in their labor force, including having them driving forklifts. Their penalty? The kids can’t work there anymore and the company that owned the warehouse got a $30k fine.
I shudder to think about the multiples of $30k in net-value generated by the labor of those children.
It still probably cost less to unethically hire them under the table and pay the 30k fine than it would to hire adults legitimately!
“Cost of doing business” at this point.
I thought child exploitation got the book thrown at you, in this country. Geeze.