She was extremely excited to turn it in and use it throughout the summer. My 12 year old daughter won a summer season pass last year for her hard work selling Wasatch savings books.

We only live a few minutes away so we are happy to have found a place to have some fun.īad business 101. My daughter is super excited about going back. It was great to take out-of-town guest to do something fun that was indoors. We just brought our own mini hand sanitizers and would squirt everyone down after they were finished with an activity so that didn't bother us. So again, if you are looking for a place where they are wiping every item down after someone uses it this is NOT the place for you. The handles on the golf clubs looked super dirty. They do make you keep your mask on but I did not notice much cleaning going on other than the tables being wiped down a lot. I would have given them 5 stars but wanted to say that if you are super sensitive about COVID cleaning this is not the place for you. The go-karts were super fun and the bumper cars have a spinning feature on them that made me have to pass but the younger people loved them. The mini golf was a lot of fun but the neon lights started to make me sick after a while. The only downside for me is I don't see very well and most activities are in the dark. We only paid for 2 hours but are planning to go back again and do 3 instead. We basically had the place to ourselves until 12:00 p.m. It includes all the federal and state laws that apply to young workers.We went the day after Thanksgiving and were surprised by how few people were there. Parents with working teens can find resources, such as information about what they should or should not be allowed to do on the job, on the Department of Labor's Youth Rules Initiative website. In addition to the facilities in Syracuse and West Jordan, there are other centers in Orem and Pleasant View as well as in Shawnee Kansas and Kansas City Missouri. Syracuse Family Fun LLC operates multiple entertainment centers across the United States, most of which are located in Utah. 'As we became aware of instances of non-compliance at two of our locations, we immediately implemented policy and procedure to prevent future occurrences.' Department of Labor over a year-long investigation covering nearly 4 years of employment records,' the statement reads. 'Beginning in 2021, The Rush Funplex fully cooperated with the U.S. In response to the violations, The Rush Funplex management team issued a statement to FOX 13 News saying in part that they worked with investigators for months and implemented correcting policies. In total, officials discovered $166,908 in penalties and recovered $6,009 in back wages to resolve the violations. Overtime wages for adults and one child employee were also not paid at the Syracuse facility. The Department of Labor discovered that payroll was missed and the legally required minimum wage was not paid for seven employees at the Syracuse and West Jordan locations, including two children.

at a young age kids need to be kids and they need to be in school and getting the first job, getting the first job is important, but you don't want to overstimulate them too much.' 'i got extremely angry over this, this is not okay, this is not a way our children should be having our first job and this is supposed to be a fun first job,' said Stephanie Gibbons, the mother of a former employee. On their website, The Rush Funplex states that employees must be at least 16 years old to work at their locations.Īn investigation into Syracuse Family Fun LLC, which operates the centers, also revealed employed children were permitted to use prohibited equipment including fryers, pizza ovens and go-carts. on school nights and can't work during school hours unless proper permission is secured. Teens can not work before or after school in excess of four hours a day, before 5 a.m., after 9:30 p.m. There are strict laws in place for when teenagers under 16 years old are allowed to work during the school year. The facilities, known as 'The Rush Funplex' employed 76 children who were 14 or 15 years old and allowed them to work longer and later than permitted when school was in session, officials reported. SYRACUSE, Utah - Two family-fun centers in Syracuse and West Jordan were found by the Department of Labor to be violating federal child labor laws as well as minimum wage and overtime regulations.

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