US Department of Labor investigations of labour contractors, vineyard yield USD231k in penalties, recover USD129k in back wages for 353 agricultural workers
Resumo
Data informada: 1 Jun 2023
Localização: Estados Unidos da América
Empresas
Nextcrop - Labour Supplier , Pebble Ridge Vineyards & Vine Estates - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: 105
Trabalhadores: ( Número desconhecido - Localização desconhecida , Agricultura e Pecuária , Gender not reported ) , Crianças: ( 1 - Localização desconhecida , Agricultura e Pecuária , Gender not reported )Temas
Danos , Trabalho Infantil , Taxas de Recrutamento , Occupational Health & Safety , Wage TheftResposta
Response sought: Não
Medidas tomadas: Next Crop was fined USD99,067 and Pebble Ridge was fined USD66,282 in penalties.
Tipo de fonte: Government publication
Resumo
Data informada: 1 Jun 2023
Localização: Estados Unidos da América
Empresas
Noble Vineyards Management - Labour SupplierAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: 148
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Localização desconhecida , Agricultura e Pecuária , Gender not reported , Documented migrants ) , Trabalhadores: ( Número desconhecido - Estados Unidos da América , Agricultura e Pecuária , Gender not reported )Temas
Wage Theft , Intimidação e Ameaças , Taxas de Recrutamento , Dismissal , Fair & Equal Wages , Occupational Health & SafetyResposta
Response sought: Não
Medidas tomadas: Noble Vineyards was fined USD66,530 in penalties.
Tipo de fonte: 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...