Austin Scott actually said...

The issue we will discuss today is the Department of Labor's abuse of this discretion when applying the hot goods provision to perishable ag...

To be clear, the Labor Department has authority to compel specialty crop producers and packers to reimburse workers when wages fall short of...

Let me be clear, neither I nor anyone else on this Committee condones violations in regard to the Fair Labor Standards Act in any way.

We believe it is important to provide fair wages for agricultural workers yet this law was not intended for use with regards to fresh fruits...