Peru labour watchdog says McDonalds franchisee Arcos Dorados violated law over employee deaths

Arcos Dorados Holdings

26/12/2019 18:30

By Marco Aquino
    SANTIAGO, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Peru´s labour watchdog has
found McDonalds Corp´s  MCD.N  Latin America franchisee Arcos
Dorados  ARCO.N  guilty of six "very serious" violations of
local safety and health laws following the deaths of two
employees in a restaurant kitchen.
    The Ministry of Labour´s regulating body (Sunafil) proposed
that the company be fined $254,000 over the deaths. 
    Alexandra Porras, 18, and Carlos Campo, 19 were electrocuted
last Sunday in Pueblo Libre, a district of the capital Lima,
while cleaning the kitchen. 

 (Reporting by Marco Aquino, writing by Aislinn Laing
Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
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