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Lawmakers hear bill to bar minors from seafood processing after federal investigation found underage workers
Summary
Representative Hendricks and advocates urged a favorable report for a bill that would add seafood packing and processing facilities to the list of prohibited workplaces for minors and increase civil and criminal penalties for violations following federal findings of underage employment in fish processing plants.
A representative told the Joint Committee on the Judiciary that the Legislature should update Massachusetts child‑labor law to explicitly bar minors from seafood packing and processing facilities and to raise penalties after federal investigations revealed illegal employment of children in fish processing.
Why it matters: Testimony argued the seafood processing sector, which relies heavily on subcontracting, has been a locus of child‑labor violations; supporters said statutory clarification and stronger penalties…
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