February 09, 2024
Courts tasked with determining whether drug rehabilitation program participants who perform labor as part of their treatment are employees with rights to wages must determine who primarily benefits from the unpaid work, the Fifth Circuit ruled Friday.
August 30, 2023
A nonprofit substance use disorder rehabilitation center urged the full Fifth Circuit to review a panel's mistake that the patients can be considered employees, arguing Wednesday that no other courts reached the same conclusion and instead found those individuals work for their own sobriety, not compensation.
August 16, 2023
A Texas district court correctly allowed rehabilitation patients to collectively pursue their claims that a nonprofit cheated them out of wages under federal law, the Fifth Circuit ruled Wednesday, saying it applied the right standard in determining that the patients are the organization's employees.