King County ordered to pay $900K after retaliating against employee who claimed discrimination
A federal jury has ordered King County to pay $900,252 to a Black senior Metro transit worker who said he was retaliated against after alleging racial discrimination in the agency’s hiring and promotional processes. The verdict by a jury in U.S. District Court in Seattle on June 24 came after a seven-day jury trial before
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Tesla Fremont employees allege widespread racism on the factory floor
More than 100 former Tesla employees have signed statements alleging that Tesla discriminates against Black people and allows a racist environment in its factories. It’s not the first such allegation against Tesla, but it’s certainly the most sprawling. All told, about 120 people have requested the right to sue Tesla in California for “discriminatory reasons
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EEOC Sues United Parcel Service for Disability Discrimination
UPS Fired Jacksonville Employee Because of His Diabetes, Saying he Was a “Liability,” Federal Agency Charges JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – United Parcel Service, Inc. violated federal law by firing an employee because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.According to the EEOC’s suit, a UPS human resources
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Chipotle Facing $150 Million Lawsuit Over Employee Scheduling
New York City filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Chipotle Mexican Grill over how it handles employee schedules, with Chipotle being accused of nearly 600,000 violations of a city law dictating fair scheduling practices that allegedly affected thousands of its employees. KEY FACTS The complaint, filed by the city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection department,
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Agri-AFC, LLC to Pay $40,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
Agri-AFC, LLC, an agricultural retailer which operates 21 retail locations throughout Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi, has agreed to pay $40,000 and furnish significant equitable relief to settle a federal lawsuit charging that Agri fired an employee because of a pre-existing back condition, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. According to the
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Taylor Farms Will Pay $5.3 Million to End California Wage Suit
Taylor Farms and more than 4,000 employees in California reached a $5.3 million settlement to resolve a state-wide class action alleging various state wage and breaks violations, and are now asking a federal judge in Sacramento to grant final approval of the deal. The class members would divvy up about $3.05 million under the proposed
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Amazon’s Prime Now Sued For Labor Wage Violations
Plaintiff Amber Pope filed a class-and-collective-action complaint against Amazon’s Prime Now, LLC and a set of unknown defendants on Tuesday in the Central District of California, alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the California Labor Code, and the Business and Professions Code for purportedly failing to properly pay for overtime, among other
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Facebook Pays $6.5 Million to End Fee Fight in Breach Case
Facebook Inc. will pay $6.5 million to class counsel in a lawsuit that alleged the company’s negligence allowed hackers to obtain user information via software bugs, ending a dispute over attorneys’ fees. The parties reached an agreement prior to a hearing scheduled for Thursday, they told Judge William Alsup. The amount is described in a
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The Monterey Bay Aquarium reaches a preliminary settlement on an employee lawsuit
The Monterey Bay Aquarium has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by a former employee who alleged that hourly, non-exempt employees routinely worked off the clock beyond normal eight-hour days and 40-hour weeks, worked through meal and rest breaks and were not compensated for overtime. According to court records, the Aquarium reached a preliminary
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Ex-AstraZeneca Employee Wins $2.4 Million in Whistleblower Suit
A former AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP employee won $2.4 million in damages after being fired for raising the alarm that an executive was marketing drugs for unapproved uses. AstraZeneca violated Oregon’s whistleblower statute, which protects employees from facing retaliation for good-faith reporting of wrongdoing, the federal court jury found. It awarded plaintiff Suzanne Ivie $510,423 in
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