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Jury deciding if immigration detainees must get minimum wage GENE JOHNSON, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 6 1of6In this photo taken Sept. 10, 2019, a detainee works in a kitchen area at the GEO Group’s immigration jail in Tacoma, Wash., during a media tour. After nearly four years of litigation and pandemic-related delays, a federal jury on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, began deliberating whether the GEO Group must pay minimum wage to detainees who perform cooking, cleaning and other tasks at the facility – instead of the $1 per day they typically receive.Ted S. Warren/APSho...

Christchurch restaurant owner banned from being employer, fined $100k after exploiting workers Newshub 7 hrs ago © Provided by Newshub A Christchurch restaurant owner has been banned from being an employer and fined $112,800 after exploiting workers.  Amar Deep Singh was the director and shareholder of three companies: Jeet Holdings Ltd, Jeet Holdings No.2 and Jeet Holdings No.6 which exploited eight workers over an 11 year period.   On June 9, the Employment Court found all three companies in breach of the Minimum Wage Act 1983 by not paying employees statutory entitlements they were ...

Press Release – Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment The Employment Court has issued Declarations of Breach against three Christchurch hospitality companies, and a banning order against the companies director, after a case brought by the Labour Inspectorate in respect of eight employees. In a judgement … The Employment Court has issued Declarations of Breach against three Christchurch hospitality companies, and a banning order against the companies’ director, after a case brought by the Labour Inspectorate in respect of eight employees. In a judgement dated 9 June 2021, Jeet ...

SEATTLE (AP) — After nearly four years of litigation and pandemic-related delays, a...

SEATTLE — After nearly four years of litigation and pandemic-related delays, a trial is underway to determine whether the GEO Group must pay minimum wage to detainees who perform cooking, cleaning and other tasks at its immigration detention center in Washington state.