The owners of dozens of Burger King and Popeyes franchises across Massachusetts have been fined for violations of child labor and workers' rights laws .
Two sets of owners were fined more than $2 million for violations of child labor and other state laws in separate investigations by the Attorney General's OfficeThe owners of dozens of Burger King and Popeyes franchises across Massachusetts have been fined for violations of child labor and workers' rights laws after investigations brought by the Attorney General's Office, officials announced Tuesday.
According to the AG's office, between January 2022 and March 2023, Northeast Food LLC paid below minimum wage and did not make timely payments to workers, in some cases failing to pay at all. The AG also alleges that the company did not allow workers to use sick time, did not keep accurate payroll records and failed to provide necessary documents to their office. The investigation found nearly 2,000 employees across dozens of Northeast Foods locations were impacted.
The company was also cited in 2017 and 2022 for violating state child labor laws, and in 2019 for failing to maintain a legally required sick leave policy at a Marlborough location.The Popeyes franchise owners are accused of failing to allow workers to use sick time. It is also alleged that were scheduling minors for work outside of the legal allowances and over the state's total daily and weekly working limits.
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