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More than 1,500 seasonal agriculture workers will be receiving $1.5 million after it was discovered that they were not receiving fair wages or overtime pay.
The employees worked for one of the largest employers of “guest” workers, Candy Brand, a tomato shipping company, and most of them worked only eight weeks out of the year on temporary work visas.
Candy Brand was accused of not reimbursing the workers for the cost of the visas, travel, and other expenses, as typically mandated by the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Arkansas-based company also violated the FLSA by not paying their employees at least $7.75 per hour, or one and a half times their regular hourly rate for all hours worked over 40 each week.
The workers named in the suit worked at Candy Brand between 2003 and 2007.
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