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Agrochemical company Monsanto ( MON) is facing a federal class-actionlawsuit brought against it by two migrant farmworkers who allege the company violated the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Agricultural Workers Protection Act while they were employed in fields Monsanto owns.
"The lawsuit, which is believed to be the first of its kind, alleges that Monsanto violated the acts by failing to pay its workers the minimum wage and failing to pay its workers when compensation was due. It also alleges that Monsanto misrepresented the way the employees would be paid and failed to keep adequate payroll records," according to a report by Investigate Midwest.
The plaintiffs claim that Monsanto hired contractors to keep, hire and pay workers, but that those contractors knowingly shorted employees payments.
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