A Comfort Inn hotel in Tennessee employed 2 children under the age of 12, the labor department says

• A hotel in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, employed two children under the age of 12, the DOL said.
• The operators of the Comfort Inn hotel also paid some workers below the minimum wage, it said.
• One worker is set to receive almost $31,000 in back pay and liquidated damages.

A hotel operator in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, employed two children under the age of 12, according to the US Department of Labor.

Pigeon Forge Hospitality and Nimesh Patel, the operator of a Comfort Inn, were accused of a number of labor-law violations by the DOL in a lawsuit filed in January in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.

The company paid some workers less than the minimum wage and failed to pay overtime rates, the department said.