FOUR HAWAII FARMS TO PAY $2.4 MILLION TO THAI WORKERS TO SETTLE EEOC NATIONAL ORIGIN AND RETALIATION EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT Additional Relief in the Form of Job Offers and Other Benefits Will Be Offered to Vulnerable Thai Laborers, Says Federal Agency LOS ANGELES – 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. The settlement encompasses monetary relief, options for jobs and benefits, housing, other reimbursements of expenses, and sweeping injunctive relief remedies benefiting about 500 Thai victims in the EEOC’s case. This includes nearly 50 potential job offers.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 21:55:23 +0000
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