The U.S. Labor Department is taking legal action to collect $1.9
million in unpaid penalties from a polygamous group led by Warren Jeffs
that was fined for child labor violations.
New legal documents
filed Tuesday also seek back pay for 1,400 workers — including 175
children— who federal officials say weren't paid in the 2012 pecan
harvest.
Labor authorities fined the polygamous group, a
contracting company, two sect members that own the company and Lyle
Jeffs, who leads the sect with his brother Warren Jeffs in prison.
Utah polygamous group owes $1.9M for child labor violations
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