San Marcos farm illegally charged workers for unsafe, unsanitary housing, U.S. labor agency says

San Marcos farm illegally charged workers for unsafe, unsanitary housing, U.S. labor agency says

The owners of a farm near San Marcos have been ordered to pay more than $245,000 in back wages and civil penalties after the U.S. Department of Labor found they were charging 30 agricultural workers rent for unsafe and unsanitary housing, the government agency announced Monday. During a housing safety inspection at Lucky Growers, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division determined the company was charging some of its workers rent for hou…