$4.8M Judgment in Labor Trafficking Case Against Maui Pineapple
May 19, 2021
The EEOC brought the case to combat labor trafficking as a civil rights violation under Title VII.
The EEOC initially filed a Title VII lawsuit in 2011 in U.S District Court in the District of Hawaii against Maui Pineapple Ltd., Global Horizons Inc., and other defendants (
EEOC v. Global Horizons, Inc., et al.).
In 2015, the district court entered a default judgment against Maui Pineapple and Global Horizons, a labor contractor, after finding them liable for national origin and race discrimination, awarding over $8.1 million to 54 Thai employees who worked at Maui Pineapple.