The case was heard by Chief Judge Christina Inglis, Judge Joanna Holden and Judge Kathryn Beck. At the hearing on October 13, the company’s lawyer, Emma Butcher, said it was a simple matter of whether the Minimum Wage Act applied to the payment of employees who were not working. “This is not a case about exploitation of workers,” Butcher said. “The Minimum Wage Act has no application to these facts and as such the determination is incorrect and should be overturned.” Following the alert level 4 lockdown in March, Gate Gourmet was deemed an essential service but it told its employees it would need to partially shut down operations.
LEESBURG Bikers escorted Santa and Mrs. Claus in style to deliver gifts to the Carpenter’s House For Children in Leesburg on Sunday.
Members of MFC (Military, Firefighter and Cops) Motorcycle Club and the CVMA (Combat Vets Motorcycle Association) came together to make sure the special delivery made it in time.
“A couple motorcycle groups in town wanted to help provide the children with presents this year,” Joseph Mattiace, president of the Carpenter’s House for Children, said. “Today they are going to sprinkle a little Christmas to them. I was appointed about a week ago and we’ve really been trying to help these kids, like getting them a new oven and making sure they all have presents for Christmas.”