“Notice of Your Right to Claim Unpaid Wages”

…A lawsuit has been filed against Defendants in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The lawsuit is currently known as Hernández Lara v. Las Princesas Corporation, Civ. Action No. 2:24-cv-00346-JW-RJK.

The workers (“Plaintiffs”) who brought this case say that:

• They paid recruitment fees, the cost of their H-2A visa and visa-related processing fees, travel within Mexico, lodging near the U.S. Consulate, travel to the job site in the U.S., border crossing fee, and/or inbound food costs, and they were not fully reimbursed for those costs after beginning work.
• They were not paid properly for all hours worked because of unlawful deductions for meals, which means that they did not get paid the legally required minimum wage for every week they performed work…