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TWC commissioners debate penalty for minors using small trash compactors in Case 25BL00869
Summary
At a Texas Workforce Commission meeting, commissioners debated whether a $1,281.25 penalty in child labor case 25BL00869 should be reduced to a warning and whether the agency or federal guidance had misled the employer; commissioners asked the Office of General Counsel for guidance and discussed rehearing to clarify legislative intent.
The Texas Workforce Commission on docketed case 25BL00869 debated whether a monetary penalty should be upheld after three minors unloaded small consumer-grade trash compactors at a restaurant.
The discussion centered on competing views of safety, statutory clarity and agency handling. "The child labor appeal tribunal decision may not be supportable based on the current record in the case," Commissioner McClure Flood said, adding that while child safety is the top priority, a monetary penalty might not be the best resolution. "Once the employer found out that the regulations did not, in fact, change as DOL had signaled, the company…
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