• posted: Mar. 09, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Covid-19
• settlement,  covid-19,  layoffs

The COVID-19 pandemic led to a lot of layoffs, including those at Scribe Opco Inc., also known as the Koozie Group. 212 employees from the Florida and Minnesota plants were Read More

• posted: Feb. 23, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Covid-19
• coronavirus-related misconduct

The COVID-19 pandemic brought about a lot of change—and ample opportunities for fraud and misconduct. If you know of coronavirus-related misconduct, consider alerting the government. Not only are there protections Read More

• posted: Dec. 20, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination,  Covid-19
• remote work

A Chinese American engineer, who was fired for refusing to come into the office during the COVID-19 pandemic, has amended his ongoing lawsuit to include claims the former company allowed Read More

• posted: Aug. 11, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination,  Covid-19
• employer retaliation,  whistleblower retaliation,  covid-19,  workplace safety

A judge awarded a former U.S. Forest Service firefighter $115,000 in back pay, siding with the firefighter in his whistleblower retaliation claim against the Forest Service. The firefighter, Pedro Rios, claimed Read More

• posted: Aug. 09, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination,  Covid-19
• employer retaliation,  wrongful termination lawsuit,  covid-19

The former chief of the Sacramento Fire Department, Gary Loesch, recently filed a $10 million wrongful termination suit against the city, claiming he was deliberately exposed to COVID-19 as a Read More

• posted: Dec. 23, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Covid-19
• nursing home,  covid-19,  workplace safety

In a September article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, a whistleblower alleges executives of St. Therese of New Hope nursing home instructed staff to ignore protocols related to the COVID-19 Read More

• posted: Nov. 15, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Covid-19
• Americans with Disabilities Act,  disability discrimination,  covid-19

The Biden administration recently issued guidance that workers with long-term, lingering symptoms of COVID-19 may be protected under federal disability laws. This guidance brings forth a new area of concern for Read More

• posted: Aug. 12, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Covid-19
• COVID-related furloughs,  employment status,  severance pay

A recent lawsuit against Four Seasons Miami alleges the hotel failed to keep workers updated about their employment status after widespread COVID-related furloughs in early 2020. The claim was brought by Read More

• posted: Jul. 26, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination,  Covid-19
• Public Health Emergency Whistleblower Act (PHEW)

A former employee of Amazon claims she was fired from the company’s sorting center in Thornton, Colorado after repeatedly raising concerns about the COVID-19 risks in the facility. In response, Read More

• posted: Jun. 24, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Covid-19

As of April 6, the number of employment complaints related to the COVID-19 pandemic had surpassed 2,000 in courts around the United States. This is thanks to a ramping up Read More

• posted: Jun. 21, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Covid-19

A new complaint filed by the Office of Special counsel indicates inspection officials at the Food and Drug Administration downplayed major concerns regarding safety and hygiene at a Merck factory Read More

• posted: Jun. 03, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Uncategorized,  New Legislation,  Covid-19

West Virginia recently became the latest state to pass COVID liability protection legislation. Republican Governor Jim Justice signed the bill that will afford greater protections to businesses, healthcare providers, universities Read More

• posted: May 31, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Uncategorized,  Covid-19

New York Attorney General Letitia James recently sued Amazon on behalf of the State of New York, alleging the company failed to protect its workers from the pandemic and wrongfully Read More

• posted: May 27, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Covid-19

Amazon recently announced a settlement in a lawsuit filed by a former employee who claimed wrongful termination related to his reporting improper COVID-19 safety protocols. Settlement details, including the amount of Read More

• posted: Apr. 30, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Covid-19
• Employment Law

A Six-Month Recap of Current and Prospective Covid-19 Litigation Employment law may be the practice area most affected by COVID-19. In this fourth part of a multi-part series, Corporate Counsel is Read More