Perdue Farms will pay $4 million in restitution after it employed children in hazardous occupations at a Virginia plant and let them work past 7 p.m. during the

Listen to this article Perdue Farms has agreed to pay $4 million in restitution to settle a federal investigation into alleged child labor violations at the company’s poultry processing plant on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.

The poultry processor has reached an agreement with the Department of Labor, which alleged third-party use of minors.

In a separate consent judgment entered in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Norfolk, Staff Management Solutions agreed to pay a $125,000 civil money penalty and to be permanently enjoined from future FLSA child labor violations in meat processing and packing industries.

Maryland-based Perdue Farms Inc. has agreed to pay $4 million to resolve a US Department of Labor probe into child labor violations at its poultry processing facility in Virginia, a rare move by the agency to hold a company accountable as a joint employer for labor violations committed by its subcontractors.

U.S. chicken producer Perdue Farms will permanently shut a Monterey, Tennessee, processing plant on March 28, eliminating jobs for 433 employees, the company said on Friday. It is the latest loss for poultry workers, with Tyson Foods having shuttered six U.S. chicken plants since 2023 after struggling to match production with consumer demand.

Poultry processor Perdue Farms plans to close a processing plant in Monterey, Tenn., on March 28, resulting in 433 people being laid off.

The company and a staffing agency it contracted with will pay restitution costs after violations were found in its Accomac, Virginia processing facility.

MONTEREY, TENN. – Poultry processor Perdue Farms plans to close a processing plant in Monterey, Tenn., on March 28 which includes 433 people being laid off, according to reports by the Putnam County Mayor Randy Porter and the Cookeville-Putnam County Chamber of Commerce.

The problem of kids working in dangerous slaughterhouses continues to be a concern as the Labor Department announced its third agreement this week with a company in the industry agreeing to pay a penalty and reform its practices to help ensure it won’t hire underage workers again.

MONTEREY, Tenn. (AP) — Perdue Farms plans to close a processing plant in Tennessee that employs more than 430 people.