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- Claims Investigator Overtime City of Palo Alto pays former employee $335,000 settlement for unpaid overtime. (Nov-4-07)
- Public Records Washington State Department of Corrections pays employees $65,000 settlement for failing to provide public records regarding part time employee health insurance. (Nov-4-07)
- School Bus Drivers' Overtime Palm Beach County School pays drivers and attendants $1.3 million employee overtime settlement. (Nov-1-07)
- Police Officer Discrimination Windsor Locks pays former officer $110,000 settlement for age and health discrimination. (Oct-31-07)
- Employees Racial Harassment Hammon Plating pays $115,000 settlement for gender and racial discrimination. (Oct-31-07)
- Nail Salon Employees 167 Nail Plaza pays two employees $225,000 for overtime and employment violations. (Oct-31-07)
- School Employee Discrimination Linda Martin awarded $55,000 settlement for alleging bus bid rigging. (Oct-31-07)
- Oil Rig Racial Discrimination Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co. pays seven workers $290,000 for racial bias. (Oct-28-07)
- Police Chief Gender Harassment Ypsilanti Police Department pays gender bias settlement. (Oct-26-07)
- Storm Water Pollution Dutton-Lainson Co. pays $50,000 for environmental damages. (Oct-25-07)
- Middle School Principal Jackson Public Schools pays former principal $350,000 settlement for wrongful termination and retaliation. (Oct-25-07)
- Clam Farmers Evergreen and Norfolk Dredging Co. pay $1.8 million settlement for an oil spill that destroyed crop. (Oct-22-07)
- Football Coach Former University of Louisiana head football coach awarded $2 million settlement for racial discrimination. (Oct-22-07)
- Officer Retaliation Nassau County must pay $150,000 settlement to corrections officer for retaliation from a previous lawsuit. (Oct-22-07)
- Salon Discrimination SmartStyle Family Hair Salon pays employee $20,000 for religious discrimination. (Oct-21-07)
- Soccer Coach Discrimination Female coach wins $50,000 gender bias settlement. (Oct-19-07)
- Reverse Discrimination Two white firefighters awarded $132,500 settlement for racial bias. (Oct-19-07)
- Hispanic Bias B&H Photo and Electronics Corp. pays employees $4.3 million discrimination settlement. (Oct-18-07)
- Resignation Severance Duval County pays former superintendent $275,000 settlement. (Oct-18-07)
- Riders Police Scandal Oakland awards former police officer $625,000 settlement for wrongful termination and retaliation. (Oct-18-07)
- Supreme Court Employee Discrimination Fulton County awards former employee $210,000 settlement for political discrimination. (Oct-17-07)
- Overtime Records City of Akron must pay two employees $1.7 million for destroying public records that proved unpaid overtime. (Oct-17-07)
- Religious Studies Professor Broward Community College pays $250,000 religious discrimination settlement. (Oct-17-07)
- Welfare Workers Harassment Female supervisor responsible for $440,000 gender bias settlement. (Oct-16-07)
- Agriculture Director Harassment Former employee awarded $70,000 for gender harassment. (Oct-15-07)
- Demoted Deputy Chief City of Detroit pays racial discrimination settlement. (Oct-14-07)
- Manager Racial Bias DeKalb County pays former recreation program manager racial discrimination settlement. (Oct-13-07)
- Gender Bias Fresno State University pays former athletic director $3.5 million settlement for gender discrimination. (Oct-12-07)
- LAX Janitors' Harassment World Service West pays three female employees $150,000 gender harassment settlement. (Oct-11-07)
- Chef Religious Discrimination Muslim chef awarded undisclosed settlement from Gordon Ramsay restaurant. (Oct-9-07)
- Steel Workers' Health Care AK Steel Corp. agrees to put $663 million into retired employees' benefit plans. (Oct-9-07)
- Racial Discrimination American Eagle Wheel pays employee racial bias settlement. (Oct-8-07)
- Law Firm Age Discrimination Sidley Austin LLP pays $27.5 million employee age bias settlement. (Oct-8-07)
- Fired Police Officer New Sewickley Township pays former employee $15,000 compensation for wrongful termination. (Oct-7-07)
- Fired District Attorney Otay Water District pays former company attorney settlement for wrongful termination. (Oct-7-07)
- Gender Harassment Smithfield Chicken 'n Bar-B-Q employee awarded $1.15 million settlement. (Oct-6-07)
- Workplace Harassment City of York pays employee $130,000 settlement. (Oct-4-07)
- Inappropriate Adoption Social worker awarded $380,000 after being fired for not approving a foster home placement. (Oct-3-07)
- Farm Workers Overtime Three Mile Canyon Farm pays $250,000 settlement to employees. (Oct-3-07)
- TruGreen LandCare Harassed female employee awarded $100,000 settlement. (Oct-2-07)
- Lords of Discipline New Jersey State Troopers pay $400,000 settlement for harassing colleagues. (Oct-2-07)
- Chief Probation Officer Searcy, AR pays wrongful termination settlement. (Oct-1-07)
- Bus Drivers' Overtime Garland School District pays overtime settlement. (Oct-1-07)
- Pregnancy Leave Discrimination Woman awarded settlement after returning to work with reduced pay and responsibilities. (Sep-27-07)
- Principal Retaliation Middletown School District awards Bernard Cohen $425,000 settlement for wrongful termination. (Sep-27-07)
- Auto Dealership Harassment Two female employees awarded settlement from Norris Automotive Holdings. (Sep-26-07)
- School Superintendent Steps Down Dale Clark receives $111,000 resignation payout. (Sep-26-07)
- Doña Ana County, NM $22,000 settlement in wrongful termination and retaliation lawsuit. (Sep-24-07)
- Harrison County, KY Federal discrimination and retaliation lawsuits end with a $30,000 payout. (Sep-24-07)
- Part-Time Officer Receives settlement for retaliation after arresting City Manager for drunk driving. (Sep-23-07)