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Claudia Quintero, a staff attorney at Community Legal Aid’s affiliate, Central West Justice Center, has been appointed as the Chair of the Minorities in the Profession Committee for the Young Lawyers Division (“YLD”) of the American Bar Association (“ABA”). She will serve as Chair for the 12-month period starting September 1, 2020.
Central West Justice Center Staff Attorney Gina Plata-Nino has been chosen as the recipient of this year’s Massachusetts Bar Association Rising Star Award. This annual award is given to a public interest attorney who has significantly contributed to access to justice for an underserved population in Massachusetts. Attorney Plata-Nino is being honored for her passionate and effective advocacy in the SNAP/food security arena.
By Patrick Johnson
masslive.com
March 15, 2019
BOSTON — The state’s highest court on Friday reversed a lower-court ruling and decided that employees at a Franklin County farm are entitled to be paid overtime because the work they performed at the farm was not the same as farming.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on Friday ruled in favor of the 15 plaintiffs in the case of Ana Arias-Villano and others vs. Chang & Sons Enterprises of South Deerfield. It ordered the case be returned to the superior court level for reconsideration.
Mass. High Court Considers Whether Farm Workers Should've Gotten Overtime Pay
By ADAM FRENIER • NOV 5, 2018
Photo By JOE DIFAZIO - WBUR
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Monday took up the definitions of farming and agriculture.
And those two terms are central to whether some former workers should have received overtime pay at a Whatley, Massachusetts, company that produces bean sprouts.
Farm workers in the state receive a lower minimum wage than others, and are not eligible for overtime pay.
The Central West Justice Center, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Community Legal Aid, provides free legal help to low-income and elderly residents of central and western Massachusetts. Our advocates focus on cases involving humanitarian-based immigration law, employment rights, housing and homelessness issues, and access to public benefits.
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This video was produced by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly in recognitition of Central West Justice Center, the 2019 recipient of the Reginald Heber Smith Award for Excellence in Legal Services.
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