CWS 3.0: April 9, 2014

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IC Misclassification Roundup

A California logistics company was ordered to pay more than $2.2 million in back pay to seven short-haul truck drivers it had illegally misclassified as independent contractors, a state labor board ruled on Wednesday, continuing a streak of victories for drivers who are asserting their labor rights in the state. Read more here.

A federal judge ordered Darryl Howes and his business, Darryl Howes Farms, to stop misclassifying his migrant workers as independent contractors, according to the Department of Labor. Wage violations remain in litigation now that the issue of employment status has been determined. The business must also comply with the record-keeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and housing standards of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, and to cease interfering with U.S. Department of Labor investigations. The department filed a complaint in federal court in 2012 alleging minimum wage, record-keeping, and housing violations following investigations conducted by the Wage and Hour Division. Read more here