US Department of Labor recovers USD31k in wages for 23 farmworkers after Sonoma Country grower violated H-2A program requirements
摘要
日期: 2024年9月18日
地點: 美國
企業
Humberto Castaneda Produce - Employer , Safeway USA (part of Albertsons) - Buyer , Albertsons - Other Value Chain Entity受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 地點未知 , 農業和畜牧 , Gender not reported , Documented migrants ) , 工人: ( 數字未知 - 美國 , 農業和畜牧 , Gender not reported , Documented migrants )議題
招聘費用 , 食物權 , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Occupational Health & Safety , Wage Theft回應
已邀請回應：是，由BHRRC
載有回應的故事： (查看更多)
後續行動: 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.
資訊來源: 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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