Chicago Tribune Staffers’ Unequal Pay Lawsuit Claims Race And Sex Discrimination May 21, 2024 The Chicago Tribune is being sued by some of its staffers, who say they and other women and Black journalists...
Geico Settles Case Claiming It Encouraged Employees to Call the Cops on Pro-Union Co-Workers May 6, 2024 By Josh Eidelson Geico has settled allegations by the US labor board that it illegally threatened and interrogated upstate New York employees about...
Fired Google Workers Ousted Over Israeli Contract Protests File Complaint May 3, 2024 Dozens of Google workers who were fired after internal protests surrounding a lucrative contract that the technology company has with...
Ban on Worker Noncompetes Faces Uphill Legal Battle April 29, 2024 By Daniel Wiessner The U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s ban on “noncompete” agreements commonly signed by workers is likely vulnerable to legal challenges, experts...
Work Safety Group Releases List of ‘Dirty Dozen’ Employers April 25, 2024 A retail giant, a space launch operation, a major food processor, the nation’s two biggest rideshare providers and a large...
US Supreme Court Examines Firings of Pro-Union Starbucks Workers April 24, 2024 By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday steps into the contentious unionization drive at Starbucks as the coffee chain challenges a...
Supreme Court Makes It Easier to Sue for Job Discrimination April 17, 2024 By Greg Stohr The US Supreme Court made it easier for employees to sue over discriminatory job transfers, siding with a St. Louis...
Supreme Court Allows More Transport Workers to Bypass Arbitration and Sue Employers April 15, 2024 By Daniel Wiessner The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday paved the way for more truck drivers and other transportation workers to file employment-related...
New York Condo Group Settling with Attorney for $230K over Employee Pay April 11, 2024 New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a settlement of nearly $230,000 with a contracting agency and the board of...
California Labor Commissioner Reaches $2M Settlement with Restaurant for 32 Workers April 8, 2024 The California Labor Commissioner’s Office reached a $2 million settlement against Pearl B-Star Inc., DBA Lin’s Fusion for underpaying 32...