Iowa company admits to paying workers about $65 a month
February 11th, 2009From the Des Moines Register:
Henry’s Turkey Service acknowledged Tuesday that it retained most of the government disability checks of its disabled workers, and paid the men a monthly wage of only about $65 each. The rest of the government money was deducted for room, board and “kind care.”
Payroll records obtained by the Des Moines Register show that the effect of that practice was to pay the men as little as 44 cents an hour for their work.
The company is being investigated by local, state and federal agencies after the workers with disabilities were evacuated last week amid safety concerns. Officials called their living situation “deplorable.”
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