A second lawsuit has been filed against a logistics company alleging the company broke state wage and hour laws. The lawsuit claims company officials constructed an illegal scheme that required employees to work overtime hours without actually having to pay them the...
Legal Protection For Workers
1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act spotlighted by the EEOC
Imagine you are a required to take a pregnancy test as a condition of employment, or you are a truck driver and are fired because you requested light duty work because of your doctor's recommendations. Or upon notifying your employer of your pregnancy your supervisor...
Staffing company ordered to pay in pregnancy discrimination suit
A federal judge ordered a medical staffing company to pay $148,000 to a former employee for discriminating against the woman because she was pregnant. According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the lawsuit claimed the company's owner discriminated...
California: largest award for workplace harassment in U.S. history
A jury awarded one California physician's assistant what is believed to be the largest award ever for damages suffered by a single victim of workplace harassment in the U.S. Over a two-year period of employment with the hospital, the victim recalled at least 18...