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Capital Region Water Park Fined $38K For Violating Federal Labor Laws With Teen Employees Capital Region Water Park Fined $38K For Violating Federal Labor Laws With Teen Employees
Capital Region Water Park Fined $38K For Violating Federal Labor Laws With Teen Employees A water park in the region will have to pay nearly $40,000 in fines for violating federal child labor laws with dozens of teenage employees. Greene County’s Zoom Flume Water Park, located in East Durham, was the target of investigation by the Albany district office of the US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division in 2022. The agency found that the water park allowed 35 15-year-old lifeguards to work with prohibited equipment at the top of elevated, power-driven water slides between July 2021 and July 2022. As such, the company was found to be in violation of federal labor laws and reg…

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by Michael Mashburn