EEOC, JBS ink $5.5 mln settlement over firing of Muslim workers
JBS USA LLC will pay $5.5 million to settle a long-running lawsuit by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accusing the meatpacking company of firing scores of Somali Muslims who had sought longer prayer breaks during the holy month of Ramadan. JBS, the EEOC, and several individual workers who intervened in the case filed a joint
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3 Black Ex-Employees File $30 Million Lawsuit Against Kraft Heinz Over Racist Incidents on the Job
Three Black people formerly employed at a Kraft Heinz plant in Tulare, Calif., have filed a $30 million lawsuit against the megafood manufacturer, alleging that they were subjected to a racist work environment between 2012 and 2018. Alex Horn, Lance Aytman, and Keith Hooker claim that staff called them the n-word and drew Swastikas on
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Downtown Streets Team settles wage theft lawsuit for $170K
Nonprofit to pay 72 employees for uncompensated overtime, failure to allow meal and rest breaks. A class-action lawsuit filed by a former employee against Downtown Streets Inc. for nonpayment of wages was preliminarily settled on June 25 for $170,000, according to court documents filed in San Francisco Superior Court. A final settlement could be decided
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Wrongful Termination Checklist: Do You Have a Case?
Were you recently terminated by your employer? This can be a stressful experience—especially when money is tight, and you feel maltreated. Wrongful termination can leave you confused. It can also cause anxiety. This can make you wonder how you’re going to be able to recover. That’s why you might need to consider hiring a wrongful
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Ford targeted older salaried employees during 2019 layoffs, documents in age discrimination lawsuit reveal
Ford Motor Company specifically targeted older salaried employees for layoff in a bid to shed pension and other employment expenses during its years-long, multi-billion-dollar cost-cutting campaign, according to recently unearthed emails. The documents, uncovered as part of a class action lawsuit against the company, were obtained by the Detroit Free Press, which published extended interviews
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Canton construction company Capone Bros. agrees to pay workers $310,000 in back pay, damages
A Canton construction company has agreed to pay back wages and damages totaling $310,000 to 19 employees who didn’t receive overtime pay, a violation of federal labor laws. A federal judge signed off on the agreement between the U.S. Department of Labor, Capone Bros., Capco Equipment Corp., American Earth Products and the owner of the
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How a Walmart worker with Down syndrome — and her sister — fought and beat the giant retailer after getting fired
Marlo Spaeth lived for — and loved — her job at a Walmart in Wisconsin. Then, after nearly 16 years of working there, Walmart abruptly fired her in 2015. Spaeth, who has Down syndrome, was devastated. Her sister and legal guardian, Amy Jo Stevenson, said that Spaeth quickly “receded into a shell” and lost the sense of
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Ex-Tesla Employee Called Racial Slur Wins Rare $1 Million Award
Tesla Inc. has paid more than $1 million to a Black former employee who won a ruling that the company failed to stop his supervisors from calling him the “N-word” at the electric-car maker’s northern California plant. The rare discrimination award by an arbitrator to Melvin Berry, which followed a closed-door proceeding, caps years of
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25,000 Disneyland employees are suing, alleging Disney doesn’t pay a living wage
More than 25,000 current and former employees of Disneyland have entered into a class action suit against the Walt Disney Company, alleging that they’re being underpaid. The suit, filed in 2019, was just granted class-action status in July in the Orange County Superior Court. Workers allege that Disney is receiving tax breaks from Anaheim, and
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3 Little Village men get long-awaited payday after former car wash owner cheated them out of wages
Sabino Cervantes, Miguel Angel Fernandez and Cesar Martinez were paid a combined total of $324,846 in back wages and damages. Tuesday was a payday years in the making for three Little Village men who spent nearly a decade fighting their former employer for lost wages. Sabino Cervantes, Miguel Angel Fernandez and Cesar Martinez were finally
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