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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Packers Sanitation Services Inc.
Current Parent Company: Blackstone
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Penalty: $1,544,076
Year: 2023
Date: February 17, 2023
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: wage and hour violation
Secondary Offense: child labor or youth employment violation
Violation Description: One of the nation's largest food safety sanitation services providers paid $1.5 million in civil money penalties after the Wage and Hour Division found the company employed at least 102 children--from 13 to 17 years of age--in hazardous occupations and had them working overnight shifts at 13 meat processing facilities in eight states.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Labor Department Wage and Hour Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: private equity (including portfolio companies)
Specific Industry of Current Parent: private equity (including portfolio companies)
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.