Court rules worker virtually 'enslaved' by manager of SC restaurant awarded $546,000 for wages, overtime and delays -- Society's Child -- Sott.net
Wed, 28 Apr 2021 17:54 UTC Bobby Paul Edwards (L), John Christopher Smith (R) A former Conway restaurant manager serving a 10-year prison sentence for forcing a man with intellectual disabilities to work more than 100 hours a week without pay owes the former employee double the amount in restitution — $546,000, a court ruled. Bobby Paul Edwards was ordered to pay John Christopher Smith $273,000 in back pay as part of the sentencing in pleading guilty to a forced labor charge in 2019. But the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this month that Smith should get the extra money because of feder...
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