A jury in Yakima, Washington has awarded a verdict of $317,000 for farm workers who claimed they were discriminated against based on race. The farm workers contended that they were not hired, or they were fired and replaced, in favor of workers brought from Thailand under the federal H-2A guest-worker program in 2004. An article about the case appears here.
Providence Health & Services Ordered to Pay Over $229 Million in Landmark Wage Violation Verdict
Jury finds systemic wage violations for more than 33,000 hourly employees in Washington state based on unlawful timeclock rounding and second meal period violations. SEATTLE, WA — The judgment in Bennett, et. al v. Providence Health & Services, was entered in King County Superior Court today, the culmination of a
July 13, 2024
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