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US company agrees to fine for hiring children to clean slaughterhouses (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 53 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Today I learned that you can “agree” to fines.

[–] TheWolfOfSouthEnd@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 4 months ago

The child labour fees plus the fine probably works out cheaper than employing off legal working age workers, so it isn’t really a fine.

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