March 15, 2024
A Georgia federal judge refused to certify a proposed collective action of broiler chicken farmers claiming Perdue Foods LLC misclassified them as independent contractors to avoid paying overtime, saying one single opt-in after six months of discovery is insufficient to show that other farmers are interested in joining the suit.
December 09, 2022
A Georgia federal judge ruled that it was too soon to dismiss most of a proposed class and collective wage action against Perdue Foods LLC, finding that, at least for now, the company would have to face claims by chicken farmers that it's cheating them out of pay.
September 20, 2022
Perdue Farms Inc. urged a Georgia federal court to trim a chicken farmer's proposed nationwide class and collective wage action, arguing that the farmer did not have standing to represent out-of-state compatriots or to seek overtime pay.
July 25, 2022
Perdue Farms Inc. misclassified its tightly controlled workforce of chicken farmers as independent contractors and forced them into such debt that their compensation fell below the federal minimum wage, a farmer said in a proposed class action in Georgia federal court.