An audit of House of Raeford subsidiary Columbia Farms' injury-reporting practices has revealed that the firm possessed proper documentation and there were no irregularities, the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission said, according to thestate.com.
The firm has complied with regulations governing the filing of initial injury reports for workers at the company's plants in Greenville and West Columbia, S.C., Jennifer Neese, the commission's ombudsman, was quoted as saying. "They also met the filing requirements in terms of reporting the minor medical-only claims and in terms of filing the first reports of injury with their (insurance) carrier and their carrier providing the proper documents to the Workers’ Compensation Commission," Neese said.
The poultry processor's practices were reviewed by the commission after federal agents started investigating whether House of Raeford knowingly hired illegal immigrants at its Greenville plant.
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Monday, September 14, 2009
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Employees sue Columbia Farms for donning/doffing pay
Ten former employees of the Columbia Farms plant in Greenville, S.C. have filed a lawsuit against the company for refusing to pay overtime, according to a Myfox8.com report.
The workers accused Columbia Farms of not paying them for donning and doffing time, which added 60-75 minutes to their shifts.
The chicken processing plant, a House of Raeford, North Carolina, subsidiary, said it did not believe workers needed to be paid for donning and doffing.
The workers accused Columbia Farms of not paying them for donning and doffing time, which added 60-75 minutes to their shifts.
The chicken processing plant, a House of Raeford, North Carolina, subsidiary, said it did not believe workers needed to be paid for donning and doffing.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Illegal workers in South Carolina poultry plant
According to an article by the Associated Press, the company that runs a South Carolina poultry plant, Columbia Farms Inc., knew its managers were hiring illegal immigrants at a facility raided in October, federal prosecutors said in an indictment released July 16.
U.S. Attorney Walt Wilkins added Columbia Farms Inc. to an indictment that already charges plant manager Barry Cronic and personnel manager Elaine Crump of illegally hiring workers at a processing plant in Greenville.
In the indictment, handed down by a federal grand jury, Columbia Farms Inc., is named in nearly 30 charges. Through Crump and Cronic, the company knowingly continued to employ 29 illegal immigrants, the first of whom was hired in November 2001, prosecutors said.
The managers had been accused of telling employees to use falsified documents and could face both fines and prison time if convicted. Columbia Farms itself could face additional fines.
North Carolina-based House of Raeford, which owns the plant, said it doesn't knowingly hire illegal immigrants and is cooperating with investigators. The parent company has not been charged.
In the aftermath of the South Carolina raid, prosecutors said a review of immigration paperwork for 825 employees showed that more than 775 contained false information. Most of the illegal workers swept up in the raid were quickly deported, but others pleaded guilty and are serving time in prison for criminal charges like using illegal documents and false Social Security numbers or re-entering the country illegally.
Crump, Cronic and the company itself are scheduled to be arraigned in federal court in Greenville later this month.
View the full article here
U.S. Attorney Walt Wilkins added Columbia Farms Inc. to an indictment that already charges plant manager Barry Cronic and personnel manager Elaine Crump of illegally hiring workers at a processing plant in Greenville.
In the indictment, handed down by a federal grand jury, Columbia Farms Inc., is named in nearly 30 charges. Through Crump and Cronic, the company knowingly continued to employ 29 illegal immigrants, the first of whom was hired in November 2001, prosecutors said.
The managers had been accused of telling employees to use falsified documents and could face both fines and prison time if convicted. Columbia Farms itself could face additional fines.
North Carolina-based House of Raeford, which owns the plant, said it doesn't knowingly hire illegal immigrants and is cooperating with investigators. The parent company has not been charged.
In the aftermath of the South Carolina raid, prosecutors said a review of immigration paperwork for 825 employees showed that more than 775 contained false information. Most of the illegal workers swept up in the raid were quickly deported, but others pleaded guilty and are serving time in prison for criminal charges like using illegal documents and false Social Security numbers or re-entering the country illegally.
Crump, Cronic and the company itself are scheduled to be arraigned in federal court in Greenville later this month.
View the full article here
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