Trader Joe’s Follows SpaceX in Arguing US Labor Board Is Unconstitutional January 30, 2024 By Josh Eidelson Grocery chain Trader Joe’s is joining Elon Musk’s SpaceX in arguing that the US labor board, which is prosecuting cases...
US Labor Board Files Complaint Against Mozilla for Refusing to Hire Apple Activist November 27, 2023 By Julia Love and Josh Eidelson When Cher Scarlett began speaking up about labor issues at Apple Inc., she knew she was at risk of losing...
Top Workplace Discrimination Complaints of 2020: Retaliation #1 March 1, 2021 More than half of all workplace discrimination complaints filed with the U.S. involve retaliation, according to figures from the Equal...
Fired Engineer Sues Google Alleging Anti-Conservative Political Bias January 9, 2018 By David Ingram A former Google engineer fired after he asserted in a memo that biological causes were behind tech industry gender inequality...
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...
Supreme Court Limits Workplace Harassment, Retaliation Claims June 25, 2013 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court put new limits on lawsuits claiming on-the-job harassment, throwing out a case filed by a black...
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Retaliation Case Against Sears January 23, 2013 The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to consider whether Sears Holdings Corp. improperly fired a former supervisor who objected...
Court Tosses Workplace Retaliation Damages Suit Against Mississippi College May 18, 2012 A federal appeals court has ruled for Hinds Community College in a workplace retaliation case. In 2010, a Mississippi federal...
Mississippi College Appeals Workplace Retaliation Award February 8, 2012 A federal appeals court has scheduled arguments on Hinds Community College’s appeal of a workplace retaliation case. In 2010, the...
Florida Firefighters Win Workplace Retaliation Claim Against Union, County February 1, 2012 A federal jury has awarded $189,000 to two Tampa Bay area firefighters in a workplace retaliation case. The Tampa Bay...