Henry's Turkey Service also known as Hill County Farms was a supplier of workers for poultry processors that hired workers with intellectual disabilities and had them work

unreported employment Unreported employment, also known as money under the table, working under the table, off the books, cash-in-hand, or illicit work is illegal employment that is not reported to the government. The employer or the employee often does so for tax evas ...

for room and board below

minimum wage A minimum wage is the lowest remuneration that employers can legally pay their employees—the price floor below which employees may not sell their labor. Most countries had introduced minimum wage legislation by the end of the 20th century. Bec ...

. This was in violation of the

Americans with Disabilities Act The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or ADA () is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. It affords similar protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ...

. The company is headquartered in

Goldthwaite, Texas Goldthwaite is a town in Mills County, Texas, United States, that serves as the county seat. The population was 1,878 at the 2010 census. History Goldthwaite existed as a small village prior to the arrival of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Rai ...

and the violations occurred in

West Liberty, Iowa West Liberty is a city in Muscatine County, Iowa, United States. The population was 3,858 at the time of the 2020 census. It is part of the Muscatine micropolitan area. West Liberty is located five miles south of Interstate 80 on Historic High ...

and Atalissa, Iowa. The case was made into a documentary

The Men of Atalissa ''The Men of Atalissa'' is a 2014 documentary film by POV.org and ''The New York Times'' about 32 intellectually-disabled people who were employed by Texas-based Henry’s Turkey Service without proper compensation. They were abused physically an ...

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{{reflist Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 Poultry farming