Juan Campoverde, Carlos Ruiz and Carlos Guachun all agreed to take on the unsteady life of day laborers, rising before dawn each day with no guarantee of receiving a temporary job detail. What they didn’t agree to do is work for free.
But more and more across Connecticut, employers are hiring undocumented immigrants for daily work assignments and then refusing to pay them for their time and effort, lawyers say. Frequently the workers speak little or no English, and when complaints about not being paid are made, the employers threaten to report the workers to immigration officials.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
