Petition For Rehearing Expected After Wash. Wage Law Found To Apply To Detainees

Mealey's ( January 31, 2025, 3:26 PM EST) -- SEATTLE — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals granted an extension for filing a petition for rehearing after a split panel ruled that the application of the Washington Minimum Wage Act (WMWA) to voluntary work programs for federal immigration detainees housed in the Northwest Immigration and Customs Enforcement Processing Center (NWIPC) run by a for-profit company does not violate the doctrine of intergovernmental immunity, the state law is not preempted by federal law and the for-profit company does not have derivative sovereign immunity....