Tuff Torq will pay a $296,951 penalty after the department's Wage and Hour Division confirmed several children worked for the outdoor power equipment parts ... like John Deere, Toro and Yamaha.

A Tennessee parts manufacturer for major companies including John Deere and Yamaha has been ordered ... Last year, the Labor Department investigated 955 cases of child labor violations, involving ...

Immigrant children as young as 14 were found working illegally amid dangerous heavy equipment at a Tennessee firm that makes parts for lawn mowers sold by John Deere and other companies ...