Labor Board Gives Up Oversight of Musk’s SpaceX February 10, 2026 By Josh Eidelson The US labor board is abandoning a yearslong legal battle against Elon Musk’s SpaceX and signaling it will steer clear...
Construction Firm to Pay $50K to Settle Retaliation Claim August 9, 2024 Pro Pallet, LLC, a Pennsylvania-based construction company, will pay $50,000 and furnish other relief to settle a retaliation lawsuit filed...
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...
Construction Worker Fired, Punched for Complaining About Drunk Boss Wins $1M October 1, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson A federal appeals court has ruled that a North Carolina employee who was attacked and fired after he complained about...
Union Claims Amazon Illegally Fired Activist Employee March 21, 2019 By Josh Eidelson A union organizing Amazon.com Inc. employees in New York has filed a complaint accusing the company of illegally firing one...
Jury Awards $1.25 Million in University Harassment Case But Denies Retaliation Claim July 30, 2018 By Sydney Maki A jury awarded $1.25 million to a former Columbia University finance professor whose senior colleague sent dozens of emails disparaging...
Jury Sides with Fidelity in 10-Year Case Against Employee Who Alleged Retaliation November 15, 2017 By Nate Raymond A U.S. jury on Tuesday sided with Fidelity Investments in rejecting a claim the mutual funds company retaliated against a...
Top 10 Employment Discrimination Claims in 2016 February 8, 2017 By Andrew G. Simpson The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said it resolved 97,443 charges of employment discrimination in fiscal year 2016 and...
Alabama Whistleblower Wins Supreme Court Appeal But Not Job or Back Pay July 29, 2014 By Phillip Rawls Edward Lane’s Supreme Court victory in a landmark whistleblower case doesn’t change the fact he lost his state job and...
Kentucky Coal Company Sues Worker Who Filed Safety Complaints February 1, 2013 By Dylan Lovan The federal agency that oversees mine safety claims a western Kentucky coal company broke the law by filing a lawsuit...