• posted: Nov. 30, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination
• overweight hauling,  truck driver

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) ordered a California trucking company to reinstate a former truck driver it fired after raising safety concerns about overweight hauling. The instructions from OSHA Read More

• posted: Nov. 26, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• employer retaliation,  covid,  covid-19,  workplace safety

Katrina Bryant, a former worker at a construction site for a new Amazon warehouse in Boardman, Oregon, alleges she was the victim of wrongful termination after she raised concerns to Read More

• posted: Nov. 23, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• SEC,  Securities and Exchange Commission,  SEC whistleblower award

In July, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a $3.8 million award to a whistleblower who assisted the commission by providing crucial information during an ongoing investigation into Read More

• 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. 16, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• company policies,  compliance

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a wide range of potential risks to employers beyond just exposure to the virus. There has been a significant increase in whistleblowing activity surrounding 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: Nov. 02, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower settlement,  Medicaid Fraud,  Medicare Fraud

The Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) announced over the summer it would agree to pay $57 million to settle a whistleblower claim filed by a former executive in Read More