Daniela Alexandra Porat

6 days ago | law360.com | Daniela Alexandra Porat

By Daniela Porat | May 9, 2025, 7:01 PM EDT · Listen to article Your browser does not support the audio element. Civil immigration detainees in the kitchen at a U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement facility in Tacoma, Washington, in 2019.

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Prisoners returning from a farm detail are escorted by a prison guard mounted on a horse that had been broken by the prisoners at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) In prisons, immigration detention centers and jails across the country, incarcerated people mop hallways, sew uniforms, file papers, raise crops, make furniture, bake bread and recycle trash.

6 days ago | law360.co.uk | Daniela Alexandra Porat

Civil immigration detainees in the kitchen at a U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement facility in Tacoma, Washington, in 2019. A $17 million jury verdict won by detainees in a trial against GEO Group, a private company that operates detention centers for ICE, is an example of a federal court recognizing that detained workers have a right to a minimum wage. (AP Photo/Ted S.

3 weeks ago | law360.com | Daniela Alexandra Porat

By Daniela Porat ( April 21, 2025, 9:43 AM EDT) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a Fifth Circuit decision finding a welding inspector was an independent contractor, not an employee, and therefore not entitled to Fair Labor Standards Act coverage.... Law360 is on it, so you are, too. A Law360 subscription puts you at the center of fast-moving legal issues, trends and developments so you can act with speed and confidence.

3 weeks ago | law360.co.uk | Daniela Alexandra Porat

ADVERTISEMENT Don't want ads? Subscribe or login now. By Daniela Porat ( April 21, 2025, 9:43 AM EDT) -- The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to review a Fifth Circuit decision finding a welding inspector was an independent contractor, not an employee, and therefore not entitled to Fair Labor Standards Act coverage....