The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge golf course has been fined more than $27,000 for violating child labor laws, the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries announced June 23.

The course allegedly worked 41 people under the age of 18, more than the allowable hours per day, during school hours and so early in the morning that it violated the law, according to L&I. Some of those violations came as recently as last year, according to L&I.

The owners of the golf course, Evergreen Alliance Golf Limited L.P., was cited for working minors more than eight hours a day on 143 occasions; during school hours 108 times; before 5 a.m. on 21 occasions, alongside other complaints, according to citation documents.

“Youth employment should never put young people in harm’s way or interfere with their education,” Reed Simock, an L&I youth employment specialist, said in a statement. “Teens, parents and employers all have a role in ensuring we keep teens and young adults free from injury.”

The Club at Snoqualmie was originally fined over $54,000 for the labor violations, but the amount was halved because it was a first occurrence, said Matthew Erlich, an L&I spokesperson.

The fine was paid by the company in April, the same month the citation was issued, and is now considered final, he said.

A voicemail left for the general manager of the Club at Snoqualmie Ridge was not returned by press time. A message sent through the club’s online media contact portal was also not returned.