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happyslug

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11. I have a brother who works for Toys-R-Us and tries NOT to hire teenagers do to these restrictions

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Fri Aug 2, 2013, 09:01 AM

Aug 2013

When he does hire teenagers, he is under orders that he can NOT leave them do anything that involved heavy machinery. The Box crusher is a big no no for them to use. They can stock shelves, unload trailers, operate cash registers, but most anything else is done by someone over age 18.

I bring this up for these are WELL KNOWN RULES IN BUSINESS. They know the rules, they received letters and other notices what pre 18 year olds can and can not do. This is like going 90 mph through a School Zone, it is almost impossible to NOT know it was illegal.

These stores could be fined for these EACH of these violations, not just a collection of them. This is a sign of incompetent management, people who SHOULD know better. Given how much this is known in the industry I am surprised the fines are that LOW. You do NOT permit this to happen.

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Hy-Vee, Fareway stores in Nebraska, Iowa fined for violating child labor laws [View all] Omaha Steve Aug 2013 OP

Not a word about this is our local news yet!! Peacetrain Aug 2013 #1

That's a shame - Hy-Vee seemed like a great company when I lived in IA sweetloukillbot Aug 2013 #2

When I was in high school (about a billion years ago) Hy-Vee was the best place to work all american girl Aug 2013 #5

Sadly I've known kids who were in that position. Live in Omaha One I know real well was a foster matthews Aug 2013 #3

Thanks for Posting. Sherman A1 Aug 2013 #4

I wonder how much younger than 18 they are NV Whino Aug 2013 #6

Becasue that is the law, a line has to be drawn some place and that was age 18 happyslug Aug 2013 #10

I'm not advocating that 9 or 12-year-olds run this machinery. NV Whino Aug 2013 #12

To have so many violations, this implies a wide spread ignoring of the law happyslug Aug 2013 #14

The fine is a slap on the wrist. Posteritatis Aug 2013 #22

Used to be a pot washer at a school cafeteria and I can tell you that... B Stieg Aug 2013 #7

If you read the article, it states the kids weren't running the balers NV Whino Aug 2013 #13

So you're arguing that it's okay to have kids operate slicers because they're dangerous? B Stieg Aug 2013 #18

No. NV Whino Aug 2013 #19

I'm three chapters from a phd. in Rhetoric. B Stieg Aug 2013 #21

I lost my last 2 fingers on my right hand to a slicer. fasttense Aug 2013 #8

I worked at a grocery store beginning at age 16. We did some of those sinkingfeeling Aug 2013 #9

I have a brother who works for Toys-R-Us and tries NOT to hire teenagers do to these restrictions happyslug Aug 2013 #11

I worked at a grocery for years. gvstn Aug 2013 #15

See, this would not happen if they had a Labor union. Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel Aug 2013 #16

'where there's a little child, in every aisle' LOL nt markiv Aug 2013 #17

Rules and regulations? We don't need them! sakabatou Aug 2013 #20

Child labor laws place an undue burden on small businesses... KinMd Aug 2013 #23

Almost all these violations were for minors throwing boxes away jmowreader Aug 2013 #24

Unloading trucks is definitely not a completely safe job Fumesucker Aug 2013 #25

With palletized freight that's not as big a danger as it used to be jmowreader Aug 2013 #27

Letting someone under 18 around a meat slicer exboyfil Aug 2013 #26