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Cucumber Farm in a Pickle: Farm’s Classification of Migrant Workers as Independent Contractors Violates Wage and Hour Law

Posted on June 26, 2015 by
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Recently, a federal appeals court determined that a cucumber farm violated the Fair Labor Standards Act when it classified its migrant laborers as independent contractors instead of employees, and failed to pay them the applicable minimum wage.  The case is Perez v. D. Howes, LLC, No. 14-2026, — F.3d —-, 2015 WL 3833529 (6th Cir. […]