May 12, 2017
A Florida federal judge ruled Thursday that Consolidated Citrus Ltd. Partnership was a joint employer under the H-2A visa program to a certified class of more than 150 guest workers who allege the citrus company and a subcontractor stiffed the laborers on wages.
April 26, 2016
The bulk of the $191,853 in attorneys' fees sought by a certified class of more than 150 guestworkers who allege a citrus company and a subcontractor stiffed them on wages would represent an "unprecedented expansion" of a Florida state law that covers the awarding of legal fees, the company argued Monday.
February 25, 2016
A Florida citrus company intends to appeal an order that it pay $195,156 in damages to a certified class of more than 150 guestworkers with temporary work visas who accused it of failing to pay minimum wage and breaching their work contracts.
January 27, 2016
A Florida federal judge on Tuesday ordered Consolidated Citrus Ltd. Partnership to pay $195,156 to a certified class of temporary H-2A Mexican guestworkers who accused the company of failing to pay minimum wage and breaching their work contracts.
May 29, 2015
A Florida federal judge ruled Thursday that an orange grove and its employment subcontractor are joint employers of a certified class of H-2A workers and thus jointly responsible for the subcontractor's actions.