Fourth Circuit to Decide if Charity Owes Minimum Wage to Disabled Worker
The Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Courthouse, home of the Fourth Circuit, in Richmond, Virginia. (Acroterion via Wikipedia) RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — A Fourth Circuit panel heard arguments Wednesday over whether a North Carolina-based charity can pay disabled workers participating in a government rehabilitation program less than minimum wage. Gregory Armento, a homeless veteran, filed a lawsuit in the Western District of North Carolina in 2017 against Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministries (ABCCM), claiming that a homeless shelter run by the organization violated federal labor laws by forcing ...
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