Alabama Beverage Firm Pays $800K to Settle Racial Discrimination Claims June 7, 2021 A beverage distributor that operates across Alabama and played a role in the state’s craft beer craze agreed to pay...
Fired North Carolina Deputy Sues County Sheriff Over Vaccine Mandate June 4, 2021 A former North Carolina deputy is suing a sheriff over his requirement for employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Christopher...
Judge OKs Class Action Status for Suit by Women Employees Suing Google June 1, 2021 By Joel Rosenblat Alphabet Inc.’s Google failed to persuade a judge to block class-action status for a gender-pay disparity lawsuit brought on behalf...
U.S. Updates Guidance on COVID Vaccine Mandates, Incentives, Privacy in Workplace June 1, 2021 Federal employment laws do not prevent an employer from requiring all employees physically entering the workplace to be vaccinated for...
India Oil Giant Under Fire for Offshore Disaster During Cyclone Tauktae May 28, 2021 By Debjit Chakraborty When India’s weather office sent out cyclone warnings on May 13 and most vessels moved to safety, one barge working...
5 Women File Employment Discrimination Suits Against Amazon.com May 20, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel Amazon.com Inc. was hit on Wednesday with five new lawsuits by women who worked in corporate or warehouse management roles,...
India Continues Rescue Operations After Powerful Cyclone Tauktae Batters Region May 19, 2021 By Summit Khanna and Aishwarya Nair AHMEDABAD/MUMBAI – Naval vessels and aircraft scoured the waters off India’s west coast late on Wednesday after the most powerful...
Cyclone Sinks Barge Operated by India’s Oil & Natural Gas Corp., Hundreds Rescued May 18, 2021 By Sudhi Ranjan Sen and Debjit Chakraborty A cyclone barreling through India’s west coast sank a barge hired by state-run explorer Oil & Natural Gas Corp. prompting...
Workers Refusing Covid Vaccine Could Lose Their Jobs May 5, 2021 By Sarah Kopit Texas nurse Jennifer Bridges plans to go to work on June 7, like it’s any other day. The only difference...
Judge Tosses Wife’s Suit Blaming Employer for Her Husband’s Covid February 22, 2021 By Joel Rosenblatt A federal judge tossed out a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that sought to hold an employer responsible for a worker’s spouse getting...