Farmworker Legal Services of Michigan
Quick Summary
- Location
- 350 E Michigan Ave, Suite 310
- Kalamazoo, MI 49009
- Phone Number
- (269) 492-7190
- Fax Number
- (269) 492-7198
- Website
- http://www.farmworkerlaw.org
- https://www.facebook.com/farmworkerlaw/
- https://farmworkerlaw.org/
- https://www.instagram.com/sclegalservices
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Office Hours
- Monday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Tuesday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Wednesday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Thursday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Friday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Saturday closed
- Sunday closed
Farmworker Legal Services of Michigan Description
Labor trafficking
Wages disputes (Payments below the required hourly minimum wage, Failure to pay wages when due, Unpaid bonuses, Unlawful deductions or kickbacks)
Discrimination
Sexual harassment
Violations of an employment contract or working arrangement
Recruitment or crew-leader problems
Unsafe working conditions (Pesticide exposure; Inadequate toilet, hand washing facilities, or drinking water in the fields)
Unemployment
Unsafe housing conditions, evictions, threatened evictions
Evictions, threatened evictions, Lock-outs, Housing
Civil rights abuses
Immigration (victims of certain crimes)
Mission Statement: FLS is committed to ensuring immigrant, migrant, and seasonal farmworkers' equal access to economic and social justice through civil impact litigation in employment and civil rights cases. Farmworkers have specialized legal needs that arise from their work in agriculture and the temporary and transitory nature of their work. Since 1997, FLS has advocated for the rights of farmworkers through its extensive network of community partnerships and the wide range of free civil legal services it provides to farmworkers. For over 20 years, FLS has conducted outreach at migrant labor camps throughout the state of Michigan; offered technical assistance, referrals, advice, and intake services to farmworkers through the statewide hotline; and represented farmworkers in cases involving immigration, unlawful recruitment fees, wage theft, substandard housing or working conditions, retaliation, discrimination, and other exploitative schemes. Since 2017, FLS and the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center ("MIRC") have jointly staffed a toll-free hotline in order to provide technical assistance and a seamless intake process for low-wage immigrant and agricultural workers with employment, civil rights, and immigration-related cases.
Many attorneys that assist low income person(s), charge on a sliding fee schedule. For that reason we have added the latest federal poverty levels below so that you can see how much you may be charged if you use this attorney.
Federal Poverty level chart
48 CONTIGUOUS STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
| Household | 2024 Coverage | |
| 1 | $15,060 | |
| 2 | $20,440 | |
| 3 | $25,820 | |
| 4 | $31,200 | |
| 5 | $36,580 | |
| 6 | $41,960 | |
| 7 | $47,340 | |
| 8 | $52,720 |
