Potters Field Held Liable For Wage Claims

The Montana Department of Labor and Industry has found in favor of at least some of the interns who filed wage claims against Potters Field Ministries.

The “ministry” fought those claims of labor abuse declaring that the young people were either “volunteers” or “interns”, thus precluding them from earning a minimum wage for what were often 70 hour weeks for the benefit of the ministry.

One denial I saw was on the basis that although the board found that the worker was neither a volunteer or intern, he qualified as a “ranch hand”. Ranch hands don’t have to be paid minimum wage in Montana…

I’m trying to get a statement from the wage board and will report that as soon as I get it.

The statute of limitations in California is four years…