floofloof@lemmy.ca to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoUS company agrees to fine for hiring children to clean slaughterhouseswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1182arrow-down12
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minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up53·1 year agoToday I learned that you can “agree” to fines.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoWell, the alternative is to fight it in court.
minus-squareCoasting0942@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoIt’s part of getting a traffic ticket. Agree, confess, mail your check to the judge. Or take time off to show up and contest it.
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYou’ve never heard of a consent decree or plea bargain? They’re common legal tools to avoid lengthy and expensive trials.
minus-squareTheWolfOfSouthEnd@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThe child labour fees plus the fine probably works out cheaper than employing off legal working age workers, so it isn’t really a fine.
Today I learned that you can “agree” to fines.
Well, the alternative is to fight it in court.
It’s part of getting a traffic ticket. Agree, confess, mail your check to the judge. Or take time off to show up and contest it.
You’ve never heard of a consent decree or plea bargain? They’re common legal tools to avoid lengthy and expensive trials.
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The child labour fees plus the fine probably works out cheaper than employing off legal working age workers, so it isn’t really a fine.