Source: Hayley Fowler, NEWS & OBSERVER, 1/27/20


At 14,000 acres, Scott Farms Inc. in North Carolina touts itself as one of the largest farms in the region, according to its website. But its farm workers have been underpaid for years, the N.C. Justice Center said. Now Scott Farms owes $600,000 to year-round employees under a settlement approvedby U.S. District Judge Louise Flanagan on Friday. The farm will pay an additional $175,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs.

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