Employee Benefit Plan is Governmental Plan, Even Though Employees are Not, says District Court in 11th Circuit. by Katherine Lange Published on JDSupra
It is a deceptively simple statement: Governmental employee benefit plans are exempt from ERISA. 29 U.S.C. § 1003(b)(1). But what about an employee benefit plan of an entity affiliated with a governmental entity, but whose employees are not government employees? … [ Read More ]
Four Hawaii Farms to Pay $2.4 Million to Thai Workers to Settle EEOC National Origin and Retaliation Employment Discrimination Lawsuit by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Published on JDSupra
Three years after filing suit against farm labor contractor Global Horizons and six farms in Hawaii, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity today announced the settlement of its pattern or practice national origin and race discrimination case with four farms – Mac Farms of Hawaii, LLC [nka MF Nut Co., LLC (“Mac Farms”)], Kauai Coffee Company, Inc., [nka McBryde Resources, Inc. (“Kauai Coffee”)], Kelena Farms, Inc. and Captain Cook Coffee Company, Ltd… [ Read More ]
JPML Crafts Centralized Status For 5 Michaels OT Suits by Alex Lawson Published on Law 360
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on Wednesday opted to combine in California’s Central District five lawsuits accusing Michaels Stores Inc. of violating state laws by failing to pay overtime wages to its store managers…[ Read More ]
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