Woman Says Amazon.com Fired Her Because She Got ‘Long Covid’ – Lawsuit May 4, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK –– A former Amazon.com Inc. employee sued the online retailer on Monday, saying it wrongly fired her and...
New Hampshire Restaurants Pay $890K to Settle Back Wages Claims April 28, 2022 Two New Hampshire restaurants in Derry and Londonderry and their owner have agreed to pay $890,169 to 63 employees to...
Labor Board Judge Rules Amazon Must Reinstate Fired Warehouse Worker April 20, 2022 By Haleluya Hadero A judge has ruled Amazon must reinstate a former warehouse employee who was fired in the early days of the...
UK Banks Face Surge in Equal Pay Claims After Landmark Ruling Against BNP Paribas February 2, 2022 By Jonathan Browning Stacey Macken fought more than eight years for equal pay. Her victory over BNP Paribas SA this week at a...
Toyota Settles Lawsuit That Blamed Employee’s Suicide on Overwork, Harassment February 2, 2022 By Yuri Kageyama TOKYO (AP) – Toyota has settled a lawsuit that blamed overwork and harassment for the suicide of one of its...
Businesses, Labor Take Stock After Supreme Court Tosses Biden Covid-19 Rule January 18, 2022 By David Koenig For companies that were waiting to hear from the U.S. Supreme Court before deciding whether to require vaccinations or regular...
Workplace Class Action Payouts Unexpectedly Grew During Pandemic in 2021 January 14, 2022 The cost of settling workplace class-action lawsuits reached a record high in 2021, defying expectations that the COVID-19 pandemic would...
Foxconn India Restarts Production at iPhone Plant After December’s Worker Protests January 13, 2022 By Sudarshan Varadhan CHENNAI – Apple Inc supplier Foxconn restarted production at its plant in southern India on Wednesday, a company official said,...
Foxconn Unlikely to Reopen India iPhone Manufacturing Facility Until Jan 7: Official January 4, 2022 By Sudarshan Varadhan Apple Inc supplier Foxconn is unlikely to reopen its shuttered iPhone manufacturing facility in southern India until Jan. 7, a...
Indian iPhone Plant Workers Became Ill From Tainted Food. Then a Rare Protest Began. January 3, 2022 By Sudarshan Varadhan, A. Ananthalakshmi and Ahmed Farhatha SRIPERUMBUDUR, India — For women who assembled iPhones at a Foxconn plant in southern India, crowded dorms without flush toilets...