The U.S. Labor Department has fined the operators of Adventure Landing in Jacksonville Beach $151,606 for violating child labor laws , the agency said this week.
“Employing children to work excessively can jeopardize their well-being and education,” Vilma Bell, director of the agency’s Wage and Hour Division in Orlando, said in a release about a consent order with the popular water park.
Adventure Landing was cited for working 14- and 15-year-old employees after a 7 p.m. weeknight quitting time (9 p.m. on Fridays during most of the year) written into federal rules for young workers…