PELION, SC
A major family-owned vegetable farm and packing facility in Lexington County was forced to pay back workers for overtime after an investigation found the farm violated federal laws.
Walter P. Rawl and Sons Inc., which operates WP Rawl in Pelion, paid $101,572 to 408 employees for not following the Fair Labor Standards Act, according to a U.S. Department of Labor news release. The labor standards law protects workers by requiring their employers to pay for work done before and after employees’ scheduled shifts.
The Rawl family is a longtime farming powerhouse in Lexington County and employs more than 400 workers, according to the WP Rawl farm website. Its distribution network spans almost the entire country.
The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division investigated WP Rawl and “found the employer failed to pay employees for work they performed before and after their scheduled shifts while putting on and taking off required personal protective equipment,” the statement said.
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