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Supreme Court weighs Labour Department’s migrant worker protections case
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The Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday over how the federal government can recover damages when employers breach rules protecting migrant agricultural workers. The case could affect the enforcement of the H-2A programme, which sets conditions for hiring workers from abroad.
The dispute concerns Sun Valley Orchards, a New Jersey farm that was approved in 2015 to bring in 96 non-US workers. The Labour Department found the farm had violated programme requirements, citing misleading promises about accommodation, inadequate housing and transport, and improper deductions from wages.
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In short
- Supreme Court hears arguments over migrant worker protections.
- Case concerns alleged violations at a New Jersey farm.
- Sun Valley Orchards was approved to hire 96 H-2A workers.
How this story developed
- 5 minutes ago The case centres on Sun Valley Orchards, a New Jersey farm approved to hire 96 overseas workers in 2015, where the Labour Department found alleged breaches involving housing, transport, accommodation promises and wage deductions.
- 11 minutes ago The Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday in a case that could shape enforcement of the H-2A programme, which governs the hiring of migrant agricultural workers.
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Originally published by Washington Examiner as “Supreme Court grapples with Labor Department case involving migrant worker fines”.