Child Labor and Overtime Problems Wilt Employer

Organic grocer Sunflower
Market has agreed to pay $125,310 in back overtime wages to 78 workers at its stores
in New Mexico, Colorado,
Nevada, and Arizona under an agreement with the U.S.
Department of Labor (DOL) to resolve charges that the employer misapplied executive
and administrative overtime exemptions. The DOL also fined Colorado-based
Sunflower $10,670 for child labor violations. The DOL found that Sunflower let six
youths work later hours than the law permits and allowed a teen to use a box
bailer, which is considered a hazardous occupation off-limits to minors.

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