PATTERSON, NY — The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a temporary restraining order against a Patterson nursery and garden supply business, and its president, after the federal Department of Labor's solicitor's Office accused them of threatening employees and obstructing an investigation.
In November 2022, the U.S. Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division began an investigation of Berkshire Nursery & Supply Corp. and Jesus Flores, its president, to ensure compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act and the H-2A provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Labor department officials alleged that over the following weeks Flores harassed and intimidated employees repeatedly. He threatened workers and their families with physical harm, deportation and blacklisting.
Labor department officials also accused Flores of instructing workers to lie and provide false information to division investigators.
"The threats by Berkshire Nursery & Supply Corp. and its president to intimidate workers and obstruct the department’s investigation are illegal and reprehensible," Wage and Hour Division District Director Jay I. Rosenblum said in a news release.
The department’s Office of the Solicitor obtained a...
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