August 02, 2018
A Florida fruit grower is not a joint employer under immigration law with a contractor that allegedly extorted the pickers it supplied, an Eleventh Circuit panel ruled Thursday, saying the trial court misunderstood the relevant definition of the word "employer" and wiping out a nearly $200,000 class judgment.
October 13, 2017
Mexican guest workers hired under the H-2A visa program to harvest oranges and grapefruit asked the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday to uphold a ruling that the citrus grove operator was partially liable for a subcontractor's scheme to steal wages from the workers, arguing that the company held the right to control the harvesters' work.
August 31, 2017
A citrus grove operator held partially liable for a subcontractor's scheme to steal wages from guest workers hired under the H-2A visa program has appealed to the Eleventh Circuit, arguing that the subcontractor had complete control over the workers' employment.