at a young age kids need to be kids and they need to be in school and getting the first job, getting the first job is important, but you don't want to overstimulate them too much." "i got extremely angry over this, this is not okay, this is not a way our children should be having our first job and this is supposed to be a fun first job," said Stephanie Gibbons, the mother of a former employee.
On their website, The Rush Funplex states that employees must be at least 16 years old to work at their locations.Īn investigation into Syracuse Family Fun LLC, which operates the centers, also revealed employed children were permitted to use prohibited equipment including fryers, pizza ovens and go-carts. on school nights and can't work during school hours unless proper permission is secured. Teens can not work before or after school in excess of four hours a day, before 5 a.m., after 9:30 p.m. There are strict laws in place for when teenagers under 16 years old are allowed to work during the school year. The facilities, known as "The Rush Funplex" employed 76 children who were 14 or 15 years old and allowed them to work longer and later than permitted when school was in session, officials reported. SYRACUSE, Utah - Two family-fun centers in Syracuse and West Jordan were found by the Department of Labor to be violating federal child labor laws as well as minimum wage and overtime regulations.
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