The burrito chain wants to offer teenagers work experience, but some of that experience violated Massachusetts state law.
, from unlawful labor practices to those infamous contamination cases. This week, the latest revelation came from the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office which announced that the state had reached a “nearly $2 million settlement to resolve child labor and earned sick time violations.”
Still, she also stated, “We are committed to ensuring that our restaurants are in full compliance with all laws,” which it appears like, for a long time, they weren’t. The Office of Attorney General Maura Healey explains that Chipotle’s more than 50 corporate-owned Massachusetts locations had an estimated 13,253 child labor violations and other state wage and hour law violations from 2015 to 2019—not an insignificant number.
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