February 05, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor should pay attorney fees and expenses that a human resources manager at a Tennessee pork farm incurred to defend the agency's retaliation suit, the manager told a federal court Thursday, saying the department failed to investigate the claims against her before suing.
October 01, 2025
The U.S. Department of Labor failed to show that a pork farm in Tennessee fired two immigrant workers for complaining to the agency about unpaid wages, a federal judge ruled, pointing to their behavior toward other workers as the reason for their discipline.
February 18, 2025
A Tennessee federal judge should let a jury consider a lawsuit accusing a Henry County pork producer of retaliating against two H-2A workers who filed a complaint over unpaid wages, the U.S. Department of Labor said Tuesday.
January 21, 2025
A pork farm urged a Tennessee federal court to throw out a lawsuit from the U.S. Department of Labor accusing it of retaliating against two workers who complained to the agency about unpaid wages, saying the workers were disciplined because they harassed their colleagues.
May 17, 2024
A Tennessee federal judge rebuffed a request from the U.S. Department of Labor to bar a pork producer from retaliating against workers providing information about wages, ruling that the department had failed to show that any retaliation had occurred.