Former employee sues Porto’s, alleges firing was linked to her pregnancy
A former Porto’s Bakery Inc. employee is suing the popular chain, alleging she was wrongfully fired from the Glendale location in 2020 for getting pregnant despite having a stellar work record that earned her praise from fellow workers and management prior to becoming an expectant mother. Kimberly Flores’ Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit alleges pregnancy
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Baltimore settles employment lawsuit for $158,000+, admits breaking city policy with promotion
Baltimore’s spending board agreed to settle an employment discrimination lawsuit Wednesday for $158,298 after officials admitted employees broke city policy. The deal, approved unanimously by the city’s Board of Estimates, brings to a close a lawsuit filed by Shaaron Phillips, a former operations manager in the Department of Public Works. According to board documents, Phillips
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Black Man Forced into Slave Labor Wins Judgment of More than $500K
In a story as appalling as many of the racially motivated attacks on African Americans and one that was relatively obscure, a federal appeals court ruled that a White man should pay more than $500,000 to a Black man with intellectual disabilities whom he enslaved at his restaurant. Bobby Paul Edwards, who employed John “Jack”
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Amazon will pay $61.7 million to settle claims it withheld tips from delivery workers
Amazon will pay $61.7 million to settle allegations by the Federal Trade Commission that it failed to pay Flex delivery drivers the full amount of tips received from customers. The commission voted 4-0 in favor of the settlement, which was announced Tuesday. In the complaint, the FTC alleges that Amazon in 2016 shifted from paying
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Court Says Amazon Must Pay Warehouse Workers for Security Checks
In their 5-2 split decision, the justices found that Amazon must abide by Pennsylvania’s minimum wage laws, which are stricter than their federal counterparts. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has found Amazon liable to pay warehouse workers for the time they spent undergoing security checks. According to Reuters, the state Supreme Court determined that Amazon was
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Activision Blizzard sued by California for sex discrimination
Activision Blizzard has been sued by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing for sex discrimination in the workplace. The company that makes games including World of Warcraft, Diablo, and Call of Duty is accused of having a “frat boy” culture in which female employees are subjected to harassment, unequal pay, retaliation, and a
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Break Premiums Must Include All Forms Of Remuneration (Not Just Base Hourly Rate)
On July 15, 2021, the California Supreme Court issued its decision in Ferra v. Loews Hollywood Hotel, LLC, in which it held that meal and rest break premiums required under California Labor Code section 226.7 (“Section 226.7”) must be paid at non-exempt employees’ regular rate of pay—not merely their base hourly rate. The decision, which
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Former Sony employee sues company over alleged racist abuse
A former Sony Electronics employee is suing the company and several individuals, accusing her former boss of sabotaging her career and making racist, verbally abusive comments. The woman filing the lawsuit, Duwanikia “Monica” Hill, who is Black, says she was fired from her role as an account manager after she filed an abuse complaint against
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Walmart loses EEOC disability lawsuit that alleged discrimination against a longtime employee with Down syndrome
A Wisconsin federal court jury ruled that Walmart must pay more than $125 million in damages in a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency announced Friday. That verdict was quickly reduced Thursday to a statutory maximum of $300,000 by the judge in the case, which involved the
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Wind Creek Bethlehem to pay $6 million to settle class-action lawsuit over minimum wage claims
Wind Creek Bethlehem has agreed to put $6 million on the table to settle a class-action lawsuit that claimed the casino failed to properly notify and pay its tipped employees under federal and state wage laws. U.S. District Judge Joseph F. Leeson Jr. on Thursday granted preliminary approval of the settlement. The court will conduct
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