Slave Labor Victim Owed Double Damages, 4th Circ. Rules

By Joyce Hanson (April 22, 2021, 7:30 PM EDT) -- The Fourth Circuit has ruled that a Black restaurant worker who was effectively enslaved for five years by his now-jailed boss, who forced him to work up to 110 hours per week without pay or time off and physically abused him, is owed double damages under the Fair Labor Standards Act....

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