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Sep-15-12 Toledo, OH A financial analyst allegedly fired for uncovering irregularities at his workplace not only gets reinstated, but also receives almost $275,000 as compensation in the Ohio employment whistleblower case that reached all the way to the US Department of Labor. According to The Blade (9/10/12) in Toledo the employee, who was not identified,... - State Court Decides California Labor Law Case
Apr-23-12 San Francisco, CA In a case that could have a significant impact on California labor law , the State Supreme Court decided that employers must relieve workers of their duties so they can take breaks for meals, Bloomberg News reported. According to the news outlet, the California Supreme Court said that workers should be "of all duty, with the emplo... - Car Wash Workers Reach Settlement in California Labor Law Case
Jan-16-12 Sacramento, CA Employees at car washes in suburban Sacramento and other cities in the Golden State will share in a $1 million settlement over California labor law violations, according to The Sacramento Bee . According to the news source, the workers in the settlement were allegedly denied minimum wage, overtime pay, meal breaks and other benefits,... - Widow Says Doctors Linked Asbestos to Lymphoma
Nov-17-11 Dallas, TX Lorraine's husband passed away last month after a long struggle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He was only 53 years old. Although asbestos mesothelioma is not mentioned on his death certificate, questions that doctors asked Lorraine haunt her. "The pulmonologist and the infection control doctors asked me frequently if he worked around asbestos... - California Files for $17 Million in Back Wages, Unpaid Overtime from ZipRealty
Oct-6-11 San Francisco, CA The labor commissioner from California has filed a $17 million lawsuit against San Francisco-based real estate brokerage ZipRealty Inc. seeking back wages and unpaid overtime following the company's use of an Internet-based sales strategy, the Los Angeles Times reported. The amount that Julie Su, the labor commissioner, and her o... - Pharmaceutical Sales Exceeded $300 Billion Last Year
May-6-11 Dayton, OH According to a new study conducted by IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics, pharmaceutical sales reached $307 billion in the US last year, the Dayton Business Journal reports. According to the news provider, the study demonstrated that the sales increase was lower than the 5.1 percent jump in 2009 and the amount of prescription medi... - Merck Sales Could Receive Boost from Sun Pharmaceutical Merger
Apr-27-11 New York, NY Due to a recent merger with Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Merck sales could receive a boost as the companies sell new versions of generic drugs in emerging markets, reports The Associated Press . According to the news provider, New Jersey-based Merck, which is one of the largest drug companies in the world, will be forming a joint ven... - Is Proposed Bill a Step Backward for Florida Employment?
Apr-18-11 Tallahassee, FL A new law proposed to govern Florida Employment would strike down any current effort to protect the rights of low-wage earners and appears to be pointed directly at an ordinance brought in at the county level by Miami-Dade last year. To that end, an opinion piece that appeared April 14 in the Miami Herald takes the view that the propo... - Novartis Pharmaceutical Sales Could Receive Boost from "Zombie Drug"
Apr-13-11 Basel, Switzerland Novartis pharmaceutical sales could be boosted by the resurrection of the Prexige pain pill that was removed from the market four years ago, Bloomberg reports. According to the news provider, the company is currently looking to bring back the drug, which once had a potential to bring in $1 billion in sales. The painkiller, whi... - Drugmaker Discloses Fees Paid for Studies to Potentially Help GlaxoSmithKline Sales
Apr-6-11 London, England After criticism was leveled recently saying that GlaxoSmithKline sales were boosted by fees given to US doctors for studies on the company's medications, the drugmaker recently disclosed the amount paid to physicians and institutions during 2010. The Wall Street Journal reports that GlaxoSmithKline paid $85 million for work on clin... - BP Faces ERISA Lawsuit
Feb-17-11 Columbus, OH Last year's oil spill may have cost BP a lot of profit, but investors and participants in BPs ERISA benefits plans say they lost a lot, too. Investors in various ERISA plans that invested with BP, such as ERISA pension funds, have filed a lawsuit against BP, saying the company committed securities fraud by making fraudulent statements abou... - Trio Sues for Unpaid Wages in Georgia
Feb-14-11 Kennesaw, GA A call center outsourcing provider in Georgia has been hit with a Georgia employment lawsuit alleging unpaid overtime wages. Three former employees of the call center, located in Kennesaw, allege that Ryla Inc. mandated that they perform uncompensated work prior to the commencement of and after the expiration of their normal shift. The wor... - Florida County Ordinance Moving Up to Florida State Labor Law
Feb-3-11 Miami, FL A bit of a battle appears to be brewing between supporters of a wage law enacted at the county level in the Sunshine State, and a proposed new Florida Employment law that would likely accomplish a similar goal with regard to the prevention of wage theft. Meanwhile, the wage theft ordinance enacted in Miami-Dade, located in the southeast secto... - Disgruntled Employees Sue Dollar Tree Alleging Florida Employment Violations
Nov-11-10 Fort Lauderdale, FL Florida employees of a retail chain that operates in 48 states and posted record sales last year is being taken to court by disgruntled employees who claim they have been stiffed out of wages. A lawsuit was filed September 1st alleging violations under Florida employment laws on behalf of assistant managers and others "similarly sit... - Did Fired Florida Bartender Work for Four Cents an Hour?
Sep-26-10 Coral gables, FL According to the Miami New Times on 9/16/10, there are some fairly high-end establishments that have been accused of violating Florida labor law . Angela Suarez (not her real name) illustrates the problem. For one week when she claims to have worked 60 hours, her paycheck reflected only 38. Suarez told the Miami New Times that s... - Schwarzenegger Vetoes Change to California Labor Law
Aug-3-10 Sacramento, CA Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill that would have drastically changed California labor law by allowing farm workers to earn overtime pay in the same way as all other hourly employees in the state. The bill would have paid farm workers time-and-a-half after eight hours of work a day, according to the Los Angeles Times. In... - A Litany of Depakote Birth Defects that Are Not Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Jul-13-10 Seattle, WA When Cindy was a teenager, she was diagnosed with epilepsy. Her neurologist prescribed Depakote . "I became pregnant and wasn't told to stop taking the medication," she says. "My first child was born with a heart malformation and my second child was recently diagnosed with fetal alcohol syndrome, but I didn't drink when I was pregnant." C... - Charter Shells Out $18 Million to Settle California Overtime Suit
Jun-15-10 St. Louis, MO Charter Communications has agreed to pay a total of $18 million to settle a wage and hour class action lawsuit stemming from allegations that the company failed to properly compensate overtime pay in California , Missouri, Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, Nevada, Washington, Oregon and Nebraska. The suit, which covered both current and fo... - Keeping Abreast of the Hooters Class Action in California
Apr-15-10 San Francisco, CA A series of class action lawsuits are readying for presentation in the courts on behalf of employees of the infamous Hooters restaurants in California. The class actions claim numerous violations of overtime and other labor laws in a state famous for protecting workers' rights with stringent wage and hour provisions. Some states d... - Were Campus Vandal Watchers in California Paid Employees?
Mar-4-10 Fremont, CA California state education code allows for school districts to lease space on campus grounds for so-called "vandal watchers," who agree to patrol campus property and keep an eye on things in exchange for the ability to park a mobile home on campus grounds. California labor laws were recently put to the test when three vandal watchers were e...