Two fast food chains in Massachusetts are facing more than $2 million in fines after the Attorney General’s office says they violated child labor laws and didn’t pay their employees. The investigation began after an employee at Burger King complained to the Attorney General’s office that they weren’t getting paid.

The owners of dozens of Burger King and Popeyes franchises across Massachusetts have been fined for violations of child labor and workers’ rights laws after investigations brought by the Attorney General’s Office,

The Attorney General’s Office estimates that the alleged violations impacted nearly 2,000 employees at Burger King establishments across Massachusetts. The post AG fines Mass. Popeye’s, BK franchise operators more than $2 million over child labor,