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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) Governor Josh Shapiro and Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Secretary Nancy A. Walker announced today that the Shapiro Administration has secured a historic $7.8 million settlement with Walmart for violations of Pennsylvania’s Child Labor Act at stores across the Commonwealth.

The settlement agreement represents the largest child labor enforcement action in the history of Pennsylvania and it includes compliance measures to protect young workers and prevent future violations at Walmart stores.

Walmart will pay $7.68 million in administrative penalties, as well as $142,785 in fines previously paid following L&I’s initial investigations in this case under the settlement.

The combined $7.8 million in penalties is the largest Child Labor Act settlement in the history of Pennsylvania and represents one of the largest child labor settlements ever secured by a state labor enforcement agency in the United States of America.