Washington Supreme Court Finds Detainees In Work Program Are Employees

(January 3, 2024, 12:54 PM EST) -- OLYMPIA, Wash. — Immigration detainees participating in a work program run by the owners and operator of a Tacoma, Wash., detention center are “employees” under the Washington Minimum Wage Act (WMWA), the Washington Supreme Court ruled in an opinion addressing three questions certified by the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in a wage-and-hour class dispute....

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