US Department of Labor recovers USD31k in wages for 23 farmworkers after Sonoma Country grower violated H-2A program requirements
الملخص
Date Reported: 18 سبتمبر 2024
الموقع: الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية
الشركات
Humberto Castaneda Produce - Employer , Safeway USA (part of Albertsons) - Buyer , Albertsons - Other Value Chain Entityالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , الزراعة والمواشي , Gender not reported , Documented migrants ) , عمال: ( Number unknown - الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية , الزراعة والمواشي , Gender not reported , Documented migrants )القضايا
رسوم التوظيف , الحق في الغذاء , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Occupational Health & Safety , Wage Theftالرد
Response sought: Yes, by BHRRC
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الإجراءات المتخذة: The US Department of Labor (DoL) fined Humberto Castaneda Produce USD31,102 in back wages and USD18,154 in civil penalties having established numbers abuses of H2-A seasonal farmworkers employed at the farm. The US DoL press release said Humberto Castaneda Produce suppliers to large clients including Safeway supermarkets; BHRRC invited Albertsons to respond, it did not.
نوع المصدر: News outlet
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A U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation found grower Humberto Castaneda Produce violated numerous requirements under the H-2A temporary agricultural worker program. Investigators found the employer paid higher rates to workers with H-2A visas than to local workers, failed to provide tools, meals or kitchen facilities to workers, housed workers in dilapidated trailers not up to code and did not reimburse inbound and outbound transportation costs. Additionally, the grower did not secure safe transportation, used uncertified drivers lacking licenses and paid workers below the promised rate on their contract.
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