Ga. Vidalia Onion Farmer Ordered To Pay $1.4M In Overtime Suit

The Labor Department said in a news release Thursday that Bland Farms wrongly claimed an agricultural exemption from overtime rules when paying workers for packing onions bought from other farmers.

Ryan Griffis / Wikimedia Commons

One of the largest producers of Georgia’s famous Vidalia onions has been ordered by a federal judge to pay $1.4 million in damages and unpaid overtime owed to hundreds of workers.

Like us on Facebook

A U.S. District Court judge found that Bland Farms Production and Packing LLC failed to pay overtime to 460 workers during harvest seasons from 2012 through this year.