12 Cited authorities

  1. United States v. Bestfoods

    524 U.S. 51 (1998)   Cited 1,421 times   22 Legal Analyses
    Holding that ownership and control is insufficient to demonstrate an alter-ego relationship
  2. Arriaga v. Fla. Pac. Farms, L.L.C

    305 F.3d 1228 (11th Cir. 2002)   Cited 193 times
    Holding that FLSA requirements apply to H-2A workers, including the requirement that all wages be provided "free and clear" of improper deductions
  3. Ramos-Barrientos v. Bland

    661 F.3d 587 (11th Cir. 2011)   Cited 29 times
    Holding that employer was not entitled to wage credit under FLSA for cost of housing provided to workers because employer was statutorily required to provide the same
  4. Garcia-Celestino v. Ruiz Harvesting, Inc.

    843 F.3d 1276 (11th Cir. 2016)   Cited 12 times
    Remanding the case "to the district court to decide in the first instance whether, under the common law principles of agency, [a company] qualifies as a joint employer for purposes of the plaintiffs’ breach of contract claims"
  5. Mitchell v. Osceola Farms Co.

    408 F. Supp. 2d 1275 (S.D. Fla. 2005)   Cited 7 times   1 Legal Analyses

    Case No.: 05-80825-CIV-COHN/SNOW. December 29, 2005. Gregory S. Schell, Migrant Farmworker Justice Project, Lake Worth, Florida; David L. Gorman, North Palm Beach, FL, James K. Green, West Palm Beach, FL, for the Plaintiffs. Robert C.L. Vaughan and Joseph B. Klock of Squire, Sanders Dempsey, Miami, FL, for the Defendant. ORDER ON VARIOUS MOTIONS COHN, District Judge. THIS CAUSE came before the Court on Defendant Osceola Farms Co.'s Motion to Dismiss the Complaint and For Rule 11 Sanctions [DE 13]

  6. United Parcel Ser. v. Buchwald

    476 So. 2d 772 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)   Cited 6 times

    No. 85-574. October 15, 1985. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Frederick N. Barad, J. Fowler, White, Burnett, Hurley, Banick Strickroot and James N. Floyd, Miami, for appellant. Therrel, Baisden, Meyer and Weiss and Julian R. Benjamin, Miami Beach, for appellee. Before HENDRY, NESBITT and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ. HENDRY, Judge. United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS), defendant below, appeals an adverse final summary judgment awarding damages for breach of contract arising from its failure

  7. Section 201 - Short title

    29 U.S.C. § 201   Cited 21,017 times   104 Legal Analyses
    Setting fourteen as the minimum age for most non-agricultural work
  8. Section 1589 - Forced labor

    18 U.S.C. § 1589   Cited 705 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Defining "serious harm" as that which would compel a "reasonable person" to perform or continue performing labor to avoid incurring such harm
  9. Section 49 - United States Employment Service established

    29 U.S.C. § 49   Cited 127 times

    In order to promote the establishment and maintenance of a national system of public employment service offices, the United States Employment Service shall be established and maintained within the Department of Labor. 29 U.S.C. § 49 June 6, 1933, ch. 49, §1, 48 Stat. 113; Pub. L. 97-300, title VI, §601(a), formerly title V, §501(a), Oct. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1392; renumbered title VI, §601(a), Pub. L. 100-628, title VII, §712(a)(1), (2), Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 3248; Pub. L. 113-128, title III, §301

  10. Section 655.135 - [Effective 6/28/2024] Assurance and obligations of H-2A employers

    20 C.F.R. § 655.135   Cited 26 times
    Requiring employers to hire qualified U.S. workers until fifty percent of the time frame set out in the H-2A work order has elapsed
  11. Section 501.19 - Civil money penalty assessment

    29 C.F.R. § 501.19   Cited 4 times

    (a) A civil money penalty may be assessed by the WHD Administrator for each violation of the work contract, or the obligations imposed by 8 U.S.C. 1188 , 20 CFR part 655, subpart B, or this part. Each failure to pay an individual worker properly or to honor the terms or conditions of a worker's employment required by 8 U.S.C. 1188 , 20 CFR part 655, subpart B, or this part constitutes a separate violation. (b) In determining the amount of penalty to be assessed for each violation, the WHD Administrator

  12. Section 655.182 - [Effective 6/28/2024] Debarment

    20 C.F.R. § 655.182   Cited 3 times

    (a)Debarment of an employer, agent, or attorney. The OFLC Administrator may debar an employer, agent, or attorney from participating in any action under 8 U.S.C. 1188 , this subpart, or 29 CFR part 501 subject to the time limits set forth in paragraph (c) of this section, if the OFLC Administrator finds that the employer, agent, or attorney substantially violated a material term or condition of the temporary agricultural labor certification, with respect to H-2A workers; workers in corresponding