Worker’s Wage Suit Against Turkish Broadcaster Gets Second Shot

A former executive producer for a Turkish-owned broadcasting company has a second chance to pursue her unpaid wages suit, a federal judge said Friday.

Tanya Mills said after she was terminated from her job at the D.C. news bureau of broadcaster Anadolu Agency NA Inc., the company delayed the payment of her final wages and illegally withheld the value of her accrued, unused leave. Mills claimed she was entitled to the withheld amounts plus damages under the District of Columbia Wage Payment and Collection Law, a 1956 law that provides basic protections to ensure workers promptly receive payment for their ...