US Department of Labor investigations of labour contractors, vineyard yield USD231k in penalties, recover USD129k in back wages for 353 agricultural workers
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 1 Jun 2023
Standort: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Unternehmen
Nextcrop - Labour Supplier , Pebble Ridge Vineyards & Vine Estates - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 105
Arbeiter: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Landwirtschaft & Viehzucht , Gender not reported ) , Kinder: ( 1 - Location unknown , Landwirtschaft & Viehzucht , Gender not reported )Themen
Verletzungen , Kinderarbeit , Personalbeschaffungsgebühren , Occupational Health & Safety , Wage TheftAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: Next Crop was fined USD99,067 and Pebble Ridge was fined USD66,282 in penalties.
Art der Quelle: Government publication
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 1 Jun 2023
Standort: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Unternehmen
Noble Vineyards Management - Labour SupplierBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 148
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Landwirtschaft & Viehzucht , Gender not reported , Documented migrants ) , Arbeiter: ( Number unknown - Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika , Landwirtschaft & Viehzucht , Gender not reported )Themen
Wage Theft , Einschüchterung & Drohungen , Personalbeschaffungsgebühren , Dismissal , Fair & Equal Wages , Occupational Health & SafetyAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: Noble Vineyards was fined USD66,530 in penalties.
Art der Quelle: Government publication
... To combat violations that deny workers their hard-earned wages or jeopardize their safety, the U.S. Department of Labor has stepped up its outreach and enforcement efforts in the Golden State.
Recent investigations of two farm labor contractors, Next Crop Inc. of Los Baños and Noble Vineyards Management Inc. of Ukiah, and grower Pebble Ridge Vineyards & Vine Estates LLC in Paicines by the department’s Wage and Hour Division collectively found employers failed to safely transport agricultural workers to and from the fields, violated numerous requirements of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act and the H-2A temporary agricultural program and allowed a 14-year-old child to work during school hours illegally.
The investigations led the division to assess more than $231,881 in civil money penalties and to recover $129,081 in back wages for 353 agricultural workers...