Employer: Urban Air Tutwiler LLC, operating as Urban Air Trussville
3695 Roosevelt Blvd.
Birmingham, AL 35235
Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found the Birmingham indoor adventure park allowed 36 minor-aged employees, under 16 years old, to work after 7 p.m. on a school night, after 9 p.m. in the summer, more than 3 hours on school days and more than 18 hours a week during a school week, all violations of the child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
The division also found the employer failed to include a worker’s bonus in overtime pay calculation, an FLSA overtime violation.
Civil money penalties assessed: $28,476 to address child labor violations
Back wages owed to workers: $145 to one worker
Quote: “The significant increase in child labor violations nationwide is troubling,” said Wage and Hour Division District Director Kenneth Stripling in Birmingham, Alabama. “Here in the Southeast and across the nation, the Department of Labor is committed to making sure young workers can experience the world of work without jeopardizing their safety or education by enforcing the laws that protect them.
Background: In February 2023, the agency found a Jacksonville, Florida-based Urban Air location also in violation of child labor laws when it allowed 55 minor-aged employees, 14- and 15-years old, to work after 7 p.m. on a school night. The agency assessed the employer $43,505 in civil money penalties in that case.