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Sort by relevance 2,026 pages found matching Best Buy- California Labor Lawsuit Alleges SpaceX Employees Unlawfully Fired
Dec-7-22 Santa Clara, CA Eight former SpaceX employees have filed California unfair-labor-practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), alleging that SpaceX after they wrote a letter to management asking them to publicly condemn Elon Musk’s “harmful” behavior on social media. Musk appears to have his own policy: Do as I... - Twitter Layoffs Trigger Labor Lawsuits
Nov-30-22 San Francisco, CA The richest man in the world wasted no time to “drastically reduce costs and bring in new revenue from the social media site,” by laying off 3,000 of Twitter’s 7,500 employees – 50 percent of the work force. After purchasing the company for $44 billion on October 27, a mass layoff began during the first week of Nov... - The Right To Walk: Why Everyone Should Have Access to Sidewalks and Crosswalks
Nov-4-22 Orlando, FL Take a walk with me. I live in Orlando, one of the most walkable cities in the world—and also one of the most dangerous for pedestrians. In 2021, cars hit more than 150 people on a public road in this city. That's nearly one person every week. And those are just the accidents that happen on public roads. Think about sidewalks and pede... - New California Law Requires Pay Transparency
Oct-19-22 Santa Clara, CA A new California labor bill, which takes effect next January 2023, will require employers with over 15 employees to list pay and salary ranges on all job postings. The Senate Bill 1162 is key to achieving pay equity and the lack of pay transparency has disproportionately affected both people of color and female employees, accordin... - Citrus Workers Unpaid Wages Lawsuit
Oct-10-22 Santa Clara, CA Two citrus workers asked a California federal court to keep their proposed California labor class action against a citrus company alive. They allege that Bee Sweet did fully pay wages and travel time pay and did not provide rest periods. Amaro and Barrera worked at Bee Sweet Citrus’ fields as non-exempt, seasonal employees in Cali... - Is Florida the most dangerous state to ride a motorcycle in?
Oct-9-22 Santa Clara, CA Motorcycles are a favored way to see the sights in the warm, sunny state of Florida. The thrill of riding down the road with the wind in your hair and the freedom of not being confined to a vehicle makes motorcycles an extremely tempting form of transportation. Along with the thrill comes risk, however. Riding a motorcycle can also be a dan... - $90 Million Missing -- “Embezzlement and fraud,” cry AME Pastors in Pension Lawsuit
Sep-14-22 Memphis, TN Count IX of this class-action ERISA lawsuit , alleges the “Tort of Outrage.” That, if nothing else, captures the flavor of the case. In re: AME Church Employee Retirement Fund Litigation describes a complicated and long-running conspiracy to loot the Ministerial Annuity Plan of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (t... - Utah Business Ordered to Pay Employees $600k for Overtime Violations
Sep-8-22 Salt Lake City, UT A tile company has been ordered to pay its employees over $600K in back wages after an investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor. C&E Stone Masonry paid its 127 employees straight time for all hours worked, including hours over 40 in a workweek when the overtime premium was required, reported the local News Stat... - Working from Home Expenses Covered—or not-- in California
Sep-3-22 Santa Clara, CA A number of California employers are facing class actions or actions under the Private Attorneys General Act filed by employees seeking reimbursement for expenses incurred while working from home during the pandemic. Even though the California Labor Code states what can and cannot be claimed, it has been written in a way that leaves room... - U.S. v. Academy Mortgage Corp., Episode Too-Many-to-Count, “The Whistleblower Strikes Back”
Aug-28-22 San Francisco, CA There’s a new twist in U.S. v. Academy Mortgage Corp. , a whistleblower lawsuit brought by former underwriter, Gwen Thrower. In 2016, Thrower filed a claim under the False Claims Act (FCA), asserting that Academy Mortgage was making mortgage loans that did not meet established Federal Housing Authority (FHA) credit requirements. T... - Attorney Discusses Camp Lejeune Contaminated Water Lawsuits
Aug-12-22 Garden City, NY “Attorneys have been lobbying many years for the Camp Lejeune Justice Act and now we see an opportunity for justice, an opportunity for victims to file a Camp Lejeune lawsuit,” says attorney Gary Falkowitz. “Our government knew about Camp Lejeune’s contaminated water for three decades but failed to do anything abo... - United Airlines Appears to Stiff Early Retirees
Aug-8-22 Chicago, IL Cast your mind back to 2020. We were staying at home, fully masked, wearing blue gloves, bleaching our kitchen counters and very worried about people living in congregate settings, like nursing homes. Needless to say, we weren’t flying anywhere. United Airlines, like all other airlines, had a powerful incentive to reduce overhead, includi... - Google Resolves Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
Jul-12-22 San Francisco, CA A pay equity California labor class action lawsuit filed in 2017 accusingCalifornia Google of underpaying women has been resolved: the tech giant will settle for $118 million, which involves over 15,000 women employed in California. The Ellis v. Google LLC complaint was initially filed by three female and former employees (a fourth... - The Big Story of UBS Whistleblower Lawsuit
Jul-7-22 New York, NY After nearly seven years in court, Trevor Murray prevailed in his whistleblower lawsuit against UBS Securities, his former employer. The latest flurry of activity is an after-the-fact attempt by UBS’s attorneys to reduce the firm’s financial liability. No harm, no foul. It’s simply what diligent lawyers try to do. ... - Covid Long-Haulers and Denied Disability
Jun-24-22 Santa Clara, CA If you are a COVID 19 long-hauler and your disability claim has been denied, don’t give up – don’t accept excuses from your insurer. The medical and legal community, state and federal governments (including the CDC) and a recent global survey recognize Long COVID as a disability and insurers will increasingly find it dif... - Dell found Liable for Transgender Discrimination
Jun-22-22 New York, NY An arbitrator found that Dell Technologies discriminated against 61-year-old Cicilia Gilbert, a transgender employee by firing her during her gender transition, said Gilbert’s labor law attorney. According to Cicilia Gilbert’s lawsuit, the tech giant terminated her in the middle of her transition and a co-worker advised her not t... - ERISA Lawsuit Alleges that ESOP Fiduciaries Cheated Participants
May-31-22 Chicago, IL Participants in the West Monroe Partners Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) filed a class action ERISA lawsuit claiming that the ESOP’s fiduciaries and the Trustee shortchanged them of the value of the company’s stock when West Monroe sold half the company to an outside investor. At its most elemental, the scheme described i... - Bacteria one main reason for Baby Formula Shortage
May-30-22 Sturgis, MI The Abbott plant, which had produced one-fourth of the nation’s infant formula , was shut down in February after “egregiously unsanitary” conditions were discovered at its Michigan plant – conditions that included bacteria inhabiting key production equipment. Soon after the tragic deaths of one infant from a bacteria... - Debtor-in-Possession Bankruptcy for MD Helicopters?
May-3-22 Wilmington, DE MD Helicopters Inc. appears to have secured financing that will allow the company to emerge from bankruptcy as an operating business. The company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition was, however, only the latest twist in a case that began as a whistleblower lawsuit in 2013. The revolving door and the fraud that followed Th... - Activision Blizzard To Settle for $18 million in Discrimination Lawsuit
Apr-30-22 Santa Monica, CA Activision Blizzard has agreed to pay $18 million to settle a workplace discrimination lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Workers employed by the video game giant after September 2016 and believe that they experienced harassment, discrimination or retaliation will be eligible to apply for a share of...