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May 23, 2024
County Tells Full 4th Circ. Inmates' Wage Ruling Went Too Far
A Fourth Circuit panel decision that determining pay for incarcerated people working at a Baltimore County recycling plant should focus on the purpose of their work unprecedentedly expands the reach of federal labor law, the county said, asking for the full court's intervention.
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May 08, 2024
4th Circ. Says Purpose Of Inmate Labor Affects Classification
The primary purpose of prisoners' work at a Baltimore County recycling plant should determine whether a group of incarcerated people were employees under federal law, a Fourth Circuit panel ruled Wednesday, rejecting the county's view that any amount of rehabilitative-oriented work spared it from minimum wage obligations.
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March 19, 2024
4th Circ. Judges Vexed By Disputes In Inmates' Wage Suit
The Fourth Circuit appeared poised Tuesday to revive claims by Maryland inmates seeking minimum wage for doing county recycling work, with judges indicating that the case is still plagued by unknowns.
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March 18, 2024
4th Circ. Preview: Airport Mishap, Inmate Pay Launch March
The Fourth Circuit's spring session will task the court with refereeing a power struggle between Virginia regulators and the authority that runs Washington, D.C.'s airports — stemming from a workplace amputation — and delving into the "honest belief" doctrine's role in a Family Medical Leave Act case.
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November 29, 2023
Local Gov't Org Backs Baltimore In Incarceration Pay Fight
An advocacy organization for local governments backed Baltimore County, Maryland, in its effort to convince the Fourth Circuit to uphold a ruling that people who performed work at a county recycling plant while incarcerated were not considered employees under federal law, telling the court that reversal would ultimately harm incarcerated people.
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November 21, 2023
Baltimore County Tells 4th Circ. Inmates Aren't Employees
Inmates who performed work at a recycling plant in a county jail are not considered employees for the purposes of federal law because their work was rehabilitative in nature, Baltimore County told the Fourth Circuit, asking the court to keep its district court win.
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September 27, 2023
Civil Rights Attys Tell 4th Circ. Prisoners Owed Min. Wage
A group of civil rights, anti-poverty and employment law groups urged the Fourth Circuit to revive claims that Baltimore County is obliged to pay minimum wages for work that county jail inmates perform at a recycling plant, arguing the work is profit-driven rather than rehabilitative.