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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Godwin's Nursery & Trees
Penalty: $147,042
Year: 2017
Date: July 31, 2017
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: employment discrimination
Secondary Offense: national origin discrimination
Violation Description: A Pittsburgh-area wholesale nursery paid nearly $150,000 in back wages and penalties after the U.S. Department of Labor found the company failed to recruit and hire American workers from Puerto Rico before hiring foreign workers under the H-2A visa program, in violation of section 218 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Labor Department Wage and Hour Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Pennsylvania
Facility City: Washington
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.