Brock v. Lauritzen

DECISION AND ORDER

TERENCE T. EVANS, District Judge.

This case is before me on the Secretary of Labor’s motion for partial summary judgment. The Secretary seeks a declaration that as a matter of law, the migrant farm workers involved in this ease were employees of Lauritzen Farms. Lauritzen argues that the workers, who pick cucumbers during the harvest season, are independent contractors not employees. Analyzing the relevant factors, I believe that the migrant workers were Lauritzen’s employees as a matter of law and therefore, that they are within the protections of the Fair Labor Standards…