FUTURE AG's WORKERS LIVED IN SQUALOR

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR INVESTIGATION RESULTS IN FARM LABOR CONTRACTOR PAYING $168,082 IN PENALTIES TO RESOLVE HOUSING CONDITION VIOLATIONS Following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Future Ag Management Inc. – a Soledad, California-based farm labor contractor – will pay $168,082 in penalties to resolve Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA) violations that posed a direct and imminent threat to its employees. WHD investigators found Future Ag Management Inc. provided housing with illegal and substandard conditions to agricultural workers during lettuce and cauliflower harvests in Monterey County during the summer of 2017. The contractor housed 22 employees illegally in facilities that failed to offer the minimum square footage required per person. The employer also provided only one shower and sink to the 22 employees, fewer…

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