Baltimore County Inmates’ Federal Minimum Wage Lawsuit is Appealed to the 4th Circuit

A federal minimum wage lawsuit brought by inmates who worked at Baltimore County’s recycling plant is going before the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals following an unfavorable ruling from a lower court.

The plaintiffs appealed after a federal judge in June threw out the class-action lawsuit and found that the inmates are not “employees” under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.

Now the 4th Circuit will weigh whether the inmate workers are entitled to minimum wage.

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