As if all the rumors we’re enough, Quiksilver was just cited by the US Department of Labor (along with six other stores) for having teenagers “operating machines that could hurt them” in The Gardens Mall in Palm Beach Gardens, according to a story in the Sun Sentinel.
In all, investigators found 50 teenagers whose jobs included working with trash compactors, paper balers and similar equipment — violations of the youth employment portion of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Department of Labor said. Paper balers help bundle used cardboard boxes for disposal or recycling. The machinery is considered hazardous; the law bars those under 18 from operating it. . . The seven stores cited face civil penalties with a combined total of $53,271.
Government regulations are going to kill us all, aren’t they John Galt?
[Link: Sun Sentinel]
