Twitter Settles Retaliation Claim Over Return to Office Protest July 6, 2023 By Josh Eidelson Twitter has settled with a former employee who US labor board prosecutors concluded was illegally punished for protesting its return-to-office...
Viewpoint: COVID-19 Not a Disability Under N.J. Discrimination Law June 23, 2023 By Jeremy S. Cole, Conor R. Wiggins and Caroline J. Berdzik In what appears to be the first time, the New Jersey Appellate Division considered whether contracting COVID-19 or exhibiting its...
Ex-Starbucks Manager Awarded $25.6 Million over Firing After Arrests of 2 Black Men June 15, 2023 CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) – Jurors in a federal court in New Jersey have awarded $25.6 million to a former regional...
No Coverage Owed for Retaliation Claims Tied to Undisclosed Investigation April 24, 2023 By Jim Sams A federal appellate court on Friday reversed a $2.3 million award to a nursing home owner that sued its insurer,...
AI Algorithms, Strict Place-of-Work Rules Potential Trouble Spots for Employment Claims November 14, 2022 By Jim Sams SAN DIEGO — Technological innovations and changing work arrangements brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic are among some of the...
Amazon Issued 13,000 Disciplinary Notices at Single US Warehouse July 12, 2022 By Jeffrey Dastin NEW YORK — Amazon worker Gerald Bryson had hand-counted thousands of items in his warehouse’s inventory over three days when...
Laid-off Tesla Workers File Emergency Plea, Allege Small Severance Pay July 6, 2022 By Hyunjoo Jin SAN FRANCISCO —Two laid-off Tesla workers filed an emergency motion on Tuesday to stop the electric car maker for allegedly...
Tesla Hit by New Lawsuit Alleging Racial Abuse Against Black Workers July 1, 2022 By Hyunjoo Jin SAN FRANCISCO —Fifteen Black former or current employees at Tesla filed a lawsuit against the electric car maker on Thursday,...
EEOC: 2 Fired for not Joining Company Christian Prayer June 30, 2022 By Tom Foreman Jr. Two employees with a North Carolina company say they were fired after refusing to participate in the firm’s daily Christian...
Amazon Discriminates Against Pregnant and Disabled Workers, New York Alleges May 18, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK –– The New York State Division of Human Rights has filed a complaint against Amazon.com Inc. accusing the...