More than 20,800 seasonal agricultural workers and three companies they worked for received final court approval for a nearly $7.9 million settlement resolving their wage-and-hour dispute.
The farmworkers will receive nearly $4.7 million after accounting for attorneys’ fees and other expenses, which represents 20% to 28% of their estimated recovery if the case didn’t settle, in line with other class settlements, the US District Court for the Eastern District of California said.
Commercial grower Fowler Packing Co., labor contractor AG Force LLC, and crop marketer Fowler Marketing International LLC allegedly violated multiple state and federal employment laws, including by ...
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The Dangote Group has denied claims that its President, Aliko Dangote, is at odds with Tony Elumelu, describing the report as false, malicious and baseless. In a statement signed by its Group Chie...