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Lawsuit: Salvation Army rehab programs subject participants to illegal conditions
Author(s) -
Enos Gary
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.33081
Subject(s) - lawsuit , law , state (computer science) , rehabilitation , subject (documents) , work (physics) , political science , medicine , engineering , computer science , physical therapy , library science , mechanical engineering , algorithm
The California operations of The Salvation Army violate the state's Labor Code by subjecting adults in its substance use rehabilitation programs to rigorous full‐time “work therapy” and paying them tokens worth as little as a few dollars a week, alleges a lawsuit filed this month in California Superior Court.