Daniels Produce to pay $250K in back wages to workers

COLUMBUS — Daniels Produce will pay $250,000 in back wages to workers for violating the temporary work visa program.

The Columbus business will pay the wages to 89 Mexican and Guatemalan guest workers employed at the local produce farm. Daniels Produce was also fined $20,000 for the violation, according to a U.S. Department of Labor press release.

The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigated the business and alleged it falsified records to indicate it paid the legally required minimum wage for workers under the visa program, among other violations.

Daniels Produce employed the workers during the 2012 and 2013 seasons to pick and pack produce grown at its 500-acre field near Columbus.

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Cross-posted in Omaha Steve's Labor Group.