Biden Signs #MeToo Law Curbing Confidentiality Agreements December 9, 2022 By Michelle L. Price President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed legislation curbing the use of confidentiality agreements that block victims of sexual harassment from...
Latest Twitter Lawsuit Says Company Targeted Women for Layoffs December 8, 2022 By Daniel Wiessner Twitter Inc has been hit with another lawsuit stemming from the recent purging of half its workforce, this one accusing...
Goldman Sachs Paid Over $12M to Bury Partner’s Claim of Sexist Culture November 15, 2022 By Sridhar Natarajan and Max Abelson Goldman Sachs Group Inc. paid out well over $12 million to a veteran executive who complained internally about a toxic...
Maryland Court Affirms Limits on Hiring Firm Liability for Contractor Negligence August 16, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson The mother of a man killed on a Baltimore construction site who was barred by Maryland’s workers’ compensation law from...
Providence Police Seek to Fire Officer After Video Shows Excess Force August 11, 2022 A Rhode Island police department is seeking to fire an officer after video showed him smashing a handcuffed man’s face...
Tesla Sued by Former Employees Over ‘Mass Layoff’ June 21, 2022 By Akriti Sharma and Hyunjoo Jin Former Tesla Inc. employees have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. electric car company alleging its decision to carry out...
Judge Finds Tesla Liable to Black Former Worker Who Alleged Bias, but Slashes Payout April 14, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel and Daniel Wiessner A federal judge said on Wednesday Tesla Inc. was liable to a Black elevator operator who said the electric car...
US: Discrimination Based on Opioid Treatment Violates Law April 8, 2022 By Geoff Mulvihill A deepening opioid epidemic is prompting the U.S. Department of Justice to warn about discrimination against those who are prescribed...
Rhode Island Doctor Faces More Allegations by Labor Department March 24, 2022 Federal labor officials are seeking a restraining order to bar a North Providence doctor from retaliating against a former employee...
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...