Perez v. Jeffs et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

2:15-cv-00643

Court:

Utah

Nature of Suit:

Labor: Fair Standards

Judge:

Jill N. Parrish

Firms

  1. March 23, 2021

    DOL Seeks Nearly $1M In FLDS Church-Tied Child Labor Case

    The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking nearly $1 million from a fundamentalist offshoot of the Mormon church that was found to have employed children and adults without pay, saying Tuesday in a Utah federal court filing that a related case paved the way for a calculation of back wages.

  2. September 09, 2015

    DOL Seeks $2M Fine For FLDS Church-Sanctioned Child Labor

    The Department of Labor took steps Tuesday to collect $1.9 million in penalties after a multiyear investigation revealed that a fundamentalist offshoot of the Mormon church employed young children to harvest pecans without pay, ordering nearby schools to close so hundreds of kids could work.