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1 7 o'clock, involving 28 minors.
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3 It does give a helpful summary of what the law is in the
4 second to last paragraph on that page about the provisions
5 in the Fair Labour Standards Act in the States. The
6 franchisee was Kiercon Limited. Violations occurred
7 between December 1992 and December 1994.
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9 The next one is paragraph (6): "In Fair Lawn, New Jersey,
10 in or before December 1994 a McDonald's store was found in
11 violation of the child labour laws in respect of a 14 year
12 old, resulting in a fine of $900". Then also in Trenton,
13 New Jersey, around the same time in respect of 25
14 employees, McDonald's being fined $10,200. If we look at
15 page 15 -- I think they are both on page 15 -- in the
16 middle of the page under the words: "The Record, December
17 7th 1994", "McDonald's in Fair Lawn was find $900 for
18 overworking a 14 year old."
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20 MR. JUSTICE BELL: The other one?
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22 MR. MORRIS: The other one, Trenton, is at the bottom of the
23 page, the big paragraph at the bottom. It talks about some
24 of the biggest fines. I think if we look at the page
25 before, 14, it talks about a Labour Department
26 investigation, specific investigation, in the first
27 paragraph of the report. Then among the biggest fines, on
28 page 15 at the bottom: "McDonald's in Trenton for hour
29 violations involving 25 employees, fined $10,200."
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31 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
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33 MR. MORRIS: The next page, page 16, USA Today, April 5th 1993,
34 reported about Sioux Falls, saying that McDonald's will
35 appeal federal fines for child labour law violations: "A
36 US Labour Department fined the chain for labour violations
37 involving 179 minors at the Corporation's five local
38 locations". It does say Tennessee at the end there, but
39 I think that is a -----
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41 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You say that -- you put Tennessee to
42 Mr. Stein?
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44 MR. MORRIS: Have I put Tennessee?
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46 MR. JUSTICE BELL: But I suggested that there is a Sioux Falls
47 in either North or South Dakota because I once went through
48 it.
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50 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, I think Tennessee goes with Nashville.
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52 MR. JUSTICE BELL: And Tennessee, I would have thought, as
53 Mr. Rampton says, goes with Nashville on the next line. So
54 anyway -----
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56 MR. MORRIS: We will assume it is South Dakota.
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58 MR. JUSTICE BELL: We have moved north west of it. So, South
59 Dakota, you say?
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