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Bullied Microsoft Employee Gave His “Heart and Soul” to the Company
May 23, 2014. By Brenda Craig.
Austin, TX The jury in a high-drama Texas employment lawsuit recently ordered Microsoft to pay $11.6 million to Michael Mercieca, a former senior sales executive who successfully sued the super company for allowing a group of employees to create a hostile work environment where Mercieca was harassed, bullied and retaliated against.
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Policy Book Told Workers Not to Expect Overtime
January 29, 2010. By Brenda Craig.
Dallas, TX Moody International Development, whose clients include major oil companies like Exxon, BP, Mobil and Chevron, may owe thousands of dollars in back pay to hundreds of technical workers. "I have one plaintiff, for example, who worked 160 hours in a single pay period," says attorney Charles Branham. "That is the equivalent of two eighty-hour work weeks, and they didn't get paid overtime. That is an egregious violation."
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