A company in Southern Utah accused of using child labor from the Fundamentalist Church of the Latter Day Saints has been ordered to pay $1 million in back wages by a federal judge. The U.S. Department of Labor accused Paragon Contractors of using hundreds of children from the church to work on a pecan farm in 2012, which was captured on video by CNN. CNN reported at the time that Warren Jeffs, the leader of the FLDS sect, ordered schools to close for a week so that the children could work on the farm in Hurricane, Utah.
U.S. District Court Judge Tena Campbell on Tuesday ordered Paragon Contractors to pay the money for a contempt finding for a previous child labor violation in 2006, KSTU-Fox 13 reports.
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Judge Campbell ordered Paragon Contractors to pay the money into a fund within 30 days, with the money to be given to the children who are owed the back wages within a year.
Utah Company Accused of Using Child Labor From FLDS Church Ordered to Pay $1 Million in Back Wages
The U.S. Department of Labor accused Paragon Contractors of using hundreds of children from the FLDS Church to work on a pecan farm in 2012.
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