Labor/Employment
Jun. 3, 2022
Bonta sides with Washington state on wages for immigrant detainees
“Contracts with the federal government do not exempt employers from any and all state or local laws that may impact the bottom line,” wrote Supervising Deputy Attorney General Marisa Hernandez-Stern in an amicus brief for California and 14 other Democrat-led states and the District of Columbia.
In an ongoing battle between California and the private prison industry, the state attorney general’s office has sided with Washington state over whether Geo Group Inc. should pay immigration center detainees the minimum wage.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is considering the federal contractor’s appeal of a Washington federal judge’s ruling that they must comply with state law and pay damages. State of Washington v. The Geo Group ...
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