SL Alabama and JK USA have paid over $35,000 in fines in relation to a child labor investigation.
Alabama Department of Labor (ADOL) Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced Tuesday morning that ADOL has issued and collected more than $35,000 in civil monetary penalties for violations of Alabama’s Child Labor Law.
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