• posted: Nov. 19, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination
• Families First Coronavirus Response Act,  paid leave

A former server from a Charleston, South Carolina restaurant filed a lawsuit against the business, claiming he was fired after leaving work to get tested for COVID-19. According to Justin Mackie, Read More

• posted: Nov. 12, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination
• working from home

A San Diego woman, Drisana Rios, claims she was fired from global insurance firm HUB International due to the difficulties she was having with managing childcare for her two young Read More

• posted: Nov. 09, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• covid,  covid-19,  workplace safety

After months of negotiations, members of the Bartenders Union Local 165 and Culinary Workers Union Local 226 have new agreements in place with a pair of the Las Vegas Strip’s Read More

• posted: Nov. 05, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• Fair Labor Standards Act,  overtime pay,  FLSA,  FLSA violations

An in-home healthcare provider based in New York City recently agreed to pay out $12.5 million to settle allegations it systematically denied workers their overtime pay, a violation of the Read More

• posted: Oct. 26, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• FLSA violations

As of July 1, the United States Department of Labor is no longer automatically seeking double damages in settlements with employers believed to have violated the Fair Labor Standards Act Read More

• posted: Oct. 22, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• stock options

Jason Cagle, the former CFO of United Surgical Partners International (a subsidiary of Tenet Healthcare in Dallas), filed a lawsuit against his former employer alleging whistleblower retaliation. Cagle had worked for Read More

• posted: Oct. 15, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• TSA,  TSA Whistleblower,  covid-19

A whistleblower who works for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) alleged the TSA failed to implement appropriate early safety measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite repeated pleas from employees. As Read More

• posted: Oct. 07, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• hostile work environment,  sexual harassment,  workplace harassment

A former employee of Schlumberger, one of the largest names in oil field services, filed a $100 million lawsuit against the company alleging sexual harassment. According to Sara Saidman, the plaintiff, Read More

• posted: Sep. 28, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• sexual harassment,  paycheck protection program,  ppp

The federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was implemented as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, providing small businesses with some federal funding to keep workers employed during the tough financial Read More

• posted: Sep. 24, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• bidding procedures

Francesca Tucker-Schuyler served until recently as the city manager for Montebello, CA. However, she was fired in February 2019 in what she claims to have been a case of wrongful Read More

• posted: Sep. 21, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• lawsuit,  wrongful termination,  covid-19

Tiffani Harcrow, a former employee of Omelet LLC ad agency in Culver City, recently filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against her former employer. She alleges the company wrongfully fired her Read More

• posted: Sep. 14, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Graft and Corruption,  Whistleblower Litigation
• retaliation,  falsifying reports,  covid-19

The designer of Florida’s COVID-9 dashboard recently filed a whistleblower complaint against the Florida Department of Health after being fired for insubordination. The former department employee, Rebekah Jones, claims she was Read More

• posted: Sep. 10, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• nursing home,  Conditions at Nursing Home,  covid-19

An anonymous whistleblower in Brooklyn called attention this spring to some of the dire conditions at nursing homes in New York City. The whistleblower spoke with voice distortion and appeared in Read More

• posted: Sep. 07, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• OSHA,  anti-retaliation program,  workplace safety

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently issued a reminder to employers across the United States that any form of retaliation against employees who blow the whistle on suspect Read More

• posted: Aug. 24, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• social distancing

Brianna Flores, a 22-year-old woman from Mississippi, began working at a Maximus call center this spring in a position where she would be giving callers coronavirus guidelines coming directly from Read More

• posted: Aug. 20, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• healthcare organization

A former employee of Ballard Health from Scott County, Virginia filed a lawsuit worth $3 million against the company, alleging the healthcare organization wrongfully terminated her after she blew the Read More