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OBI, Ocean Beauty Seafoods ordered to pay $2.1m in COVID-19 wage quarantine settlement

OBI Seafoods and Ocean Beauty Seafoods, two Alaska seafood processors, have been ordered by a judge to pay up for delayed or underpaid wages to employees during COVID-19 quarantine

By Amanda Buckle | Dec. 5, 2024 18:08 GMT
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Two Seattle, Washington-headquartered seafood companies -- OBI Seafoods and Ocean Beauty Seafoods -- have been ordered by a Washington state court to pay $2.1 million for delayed or underpaid wages to employees during periods of a COVID-19 quarantine. [...]

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