context: . Courts have disagreed, however, on the status of inmates working outside the penitentiary for a private employer as part of a work-release program.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.parenthetical: board does not regard prisoners as employees under work-release employers
citation_a.sentence: See, e.g., Watson v. Graves, 909 F.2d 1549 (5 th Cir. 1990) (prisoners are employees of private work-release employers under the Fair Labor Standards Act); National Welders Supply Co., Inc., 145 N.L.R.B. 948 (1964) (board does not regard prisoners as employees under work-release employers); but see Speedrack Products Group, Ltd. v. N.L.R.B., 114 F.3d 1276, 1282 (D.C.Cir.1997) (board’s determination that completely integrated work-release inmates who share the same wages, benefits, and other conditions of employment are not eligible to vote in represented election was unreasonable); see also Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Opinion No. 86-7, 40 F.E.P. 1892 (April 18, 1986) (prison laborer is not an employee of prison under Title VII); c.f.
citation_b.signal: but see
citation_b.identifier: 114 F.3d 1276, 1282
citation_b.parenthetical: board's determination that completely integrated work-release inmates who share the same wages, benefits, and other conditions of employment are not eligible to vote in represented election was unreasonable
citation_b.sentence: See, e.g., Watson v. Graves, 909 F.2d 1549 (5 th Cir. 1990) (prisoners are employees of private work-release employers under the Fair Labor Standards Act); National Welders Supply Co., Inc., 145 N.L.R.B. 948 (1964) (board does not regard prisoners as employees under work-release employers); but see Speedrack Products Group, Ltd. v. N.L.R.B., 114 F.3d 1276, 1282 (D.C.Cir.1997) (board’s determination that completely integrated work-release inmates who share the same wages, benefits, and other conditions of employment are not eligible to vote in represented election was unreasonable); see also Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Opinion No. 86-7, 40 F.E.P. 1892 (April 18, 1986) (prison laborer is not an employee of prison under Title VII); c.f.