McDonald’s, CEO Must Face Ex-Security Executive’s Race Bias Claims August 24, 2023 By Daniel Wiessner A federal judge in Chicago on Tuesday refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing McDonald’s Corp. of pushing out a Black...
Court Allows Philly Cops Fired Over Facebook Posts to Pursue 1st Amendment Claims June 13, 2023 By Michael Rubinkam A dozen Philadelphia police officers who were fired or suspended for racist and violent social media posts can pursue a...
Whistleblowers File Lawsuits Against Oklahoma State Superintendent, Top Aide June 1, 2023 By Sean Murphy, The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Two former employees at the State Department of Education filed separate federal lawsuits Tuesday against Republican...
Texas Church Ordered to Pay Back Wages After Concerns About Rodents, Insects March 17, 2023 After a nutrition specialist employed at a Dallas, Texas childcare facility raised concerns about rodents, spiders and other insects in...
Insurer FM Global Upheld in Firing of Longtime Executive Who Claimed Age Bias, Retaliation November 17, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson Rhode Island-based Factory Mutual Insurance Co. properly handled the firing of a long-time employee who claimed his axing in 2018...
Pennsylvania Jury Awards Corrections Officer $1M Over Retaliatory Firing Claim October 12, 2022 A white Allegheny County jail corrections officer who claimed he was fired in retaliation for reporting racial and sexual harassment...
Jury Finds Firm Retaliated Against Injured Immigrant Worker, Awards $650K June 24, 2022 A federal jury has awarded $650,000 in damages to a Massachusetts construction worker who said his employer retaliated against him...
Massachusetts Tree Service Company Allegedly Retaliated Against Employees August 13, 2021 The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent preliminary injunction preventing a Holbrook, Massachusetts, tree service company and its...
Former Fidelity Investments’ Employee Claims Discriminatory, Hostile Workplace December 9, 2020 By Tom Hals A former female employee of Fidelity Investments has sued the company for discrimination and a hostile workplace where women were...
Employees Reporting Harassment Suffer Retaliation for Complaining: Time’s Up Study October 19, 2020 By Jocelyn Noveck Three years into the #MeToo movement, there may be more awareness around workplace sexual harassment. But a new report finds...