Federal labor lawyers have filed another child labor case against a Utah-based company tied to a polygamous group alleging underage laborers were put to work for long hours for little pay in dangerous conditions.
The U.S. Department of Labor said in court documents that Phaze Concrete used teenagers for work on new stores for Wal-Mart in Missouri, Scheels All Sports in Kansas and Hobby Lobby in Nebraska, among other jobs.
Two teens who grew up in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints said in court documents they were pulled out of school to go to work at ages 12 and 14.
The teens said they were paid $200 every two weeks for working 12 hours a day or more, though those payments could be irregular.
Phaze workers were also often told to sign over their paychecks so the money could be used by leaders of the group, prosecutors said in court documents.
U.S. Department of Labor lawyers want a judge to order the company to pay back wages and stop using child labor.
The case filed Tuesday marks the latest move by federal investigators to rein in the secretive group tied to abuses from underage marriage to discrimination against non-members.