October 18, 2016
Dozens of companies caught in a failed class action over migrant workers' pay appear to have taken issue with some part of a Maryland federal judge's decision to toss the case, telling the Fourth Circuit on Monday they too might like to appeal.
September 01, 2016
A putative class of migrant workers who allege the U.S. Department of Labor violated its own regulations by allowing seasonal employers to challenge a prevailing wage requirement are appealing a Maryland federal judge's toss of the case, saying the department's action prevented them from recovering lost wages.
March 08, 2016
A group of 65 employers named in a proposed class action brought by H-2B visa guest workers regarding their ability to receive supplemental prevailing wages urged a Maryland federal court Monday to dismiss them from the suit because they did nothing wrong.
February 18, 2016
A Florida amusement park company was dismissed Wednesday from a class action brought by H-2B visa guest workers regarding their ability to receive supplemental prevailing wages, while a host of other businesses continue to fight to escape the suit.
January 27, 2016
The head of the U.S. Department of Labor asked a Maryland federal court Tuesday to release government defendants from a class action brought by H-2B visa guestworkers regarding their ability to receive supplemental prevailing wages, arguing that a claim against two labor officials didn't identify a legal violation.
November 18, 2015
The Third Circuit on Wednesday allowed migrant farmworker organizations and the U.S. Department of Labor to drop an appeal over whether it was reasonable for the agency to use invalidated regulations from 2008 that govern applications for the employment of foreign workers under the H-2B program while later rules were being challenged.
November 16, 2015
The U.S. Department of Labor violated its own regulations by allowing seasonal employers to challenge a prevailing wage requirement for temporary nonagricultural workers, a proposed class of workers claimed in Maryland federal court Friday, saying the agency's actions have kept them from receiving their rightful pay.