USA: Govt. investigation finds farm labour contractor Becerra Enterprises denied migrant workers full wages & provided unsafe housing
摘要
日期: 2023年8月28日
地点: 美国
企业
Becerra Enterprises - Labour Supplier受影响的
受影响的总人数: 268
外劳和移民工人: ( 268 - 地点未知 , 农业和畜牧 , Gender not reported )议题
Wage Theft , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , 食物权 , Occupational Health & Safety回应
Response sought: 否
后续行动: The Department of Labor recovered USD540,221 in wages and applied penalties of over USD70k.
信息来源: Government publication
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR RECOVERS $540K FOR 268 GUEST WORKERS AFTER FATHER, SON FARM LABOR CONTRACTORS DENIED THEM FULL WAGES, PROVIDE UNSAFE HOUSING
… Two federal investigations have recovered $540,221 in wages for 268 H-2A workers from a father and son, then operating as North Carolina farm labor contractors, and whose violations of federal laws included failing to pay some workers their full wages…
Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division determined Becerra Enterprises Inc…recruited, hired, housed and transported H-2A workers to harvest sweet potatoes, cucumbers and tobacco at Blake Edwards Roberson Farms and Taylor Grimes Farms in Robersonville and Anderson Farms in Tarboro, North Carolina.
Specifically, investigators found the employers violated H-2A regulations by failing to do the following:
- Provide employees with copies of their work contracts.
- Satisfy job orders’ requirements by including the actual terms and conditions of employment.
- Provide employees with meals or access to kitchen facilities.
- Pay the required adverse effect wage rate to two H-2A workers performing as cooks in non-agricultural duties not listed in the contract.
- Provide pay stubs to H-2A employees working as cooks; instead, the employer paid them in cash, in violation of earning records requirements.
- Disclose daily meal deductions in the H-2A contract…