• posted: Aug. 24, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• eeoc,  hiring discrimination,  gender discrimination,  title VII protections

A Mississippi trucking company has settled a claim with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for refusing to hire female applicants since 1986. The company will pay $490,000 and Read More

• posted: Aug. 22, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• employment discrimination,  religious discrimination,  religious accomodations

The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that “employers may not demonstrate that a proposed accommodation of an employee’s sincerely held religious belief or practice constitutes an undue hardship under Title Read More

• posted: Aug. 01, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination
• ADEA,  age discrimination,  EEOC

A Swiss-based medical device component manufacturer has settled an age-based discrimination lawsuit for $460,000. Fischer Connectors was sued for age bias, including replacing older workers with younger, less-qualified candidates, forcing Read More

• posted: Jul. 20, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• OSHA,  Sherman Antitrust Act,  CAARA

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has created a new rule to enhance antitrust whistleblower protections. Under the new rule, employees and contractors are protected from retaliation when they Read More

• posted: Jul. 11, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC,  Retaliation Claim,  Barclays

A former Barclays vice president has asked the Second Circuit to overturn a ruling in favor of Barclays, claiming he was shut out of meetings and fired after sounding an Read More

• posted: Jun. 29, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• FLSA,  overtime claims,  unpaid wages

Trilogy Health Services LLC has been sued for failing to pay nurses and caregivers overtime wages for time spent working over meal breaks. A former nurse claims that the company Read More

• posted: Jun. 27, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• disability discrimination,  ADA,  age discrimination

A managing director at Wells Fargo’s investment banking arm has sued the bank for disability and age discrimination. Christopher John Billesdon claims he was “iced out” by senior company officials Read More

• posted: Jun. 20, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• sexual harassment,  racial harassment,  harassment claim

A former Ford employee has filed suit against the auto manufacturer, claiming that a coworker harassed her based on her race, among other allegations. Initially, the district court ruled in Read More

• posted: Jun. 15, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination
• hostile work environment,  age bias,  retaliatory demotion

Boeing’s motion to dismiss an age bias and retaliation suit has failed in Washing federal court. U.S. District judge Tana Lin denied the corporation’s argument that the lawsuit was filed Read More

• posted: Jun. 13, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination
• Retaliation Suit,  Workplace Discrimination,  Severance Agreement

A federal jury in Texas awarded a Black former city manager $12.5 million in damages after finding for him in his discrimination and retaliation suit. Odis Jones sued the city Read More

• posted: Jun. 08, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• co-creation sessions,  NLRB,  notice of workers' rights

The National Labor Relations Board has accused Starbucks of violating federal labor law during “co-creation sessions,” which solicited employee grievances and promised improved benefits to workers. These sessions sometimes included Read More

• posted: Jun. 06, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• Title VII,  Racial Harassment,  Civil Rights Act

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued ExxonMobil in Louisiana federal court. The EEOC alleged that the company failed to take action after five nooses were found on an Read More

• posted: Jun. 01, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination
• age discrimination,  American Airlines,  COVID-19

American Airlines is being sued for age discrimination based on its COVID-19 layoffs. Jennifer Pomis, a 58-year-old former employee who spent 35 years at the airline, claims the airline discriminated Read More

• posted: May 25, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• financial fraud,  employer retaliation,  employment discrimination

A former vice president of finance at Transdigm, a Washington aerospace supplier, has accused the company of retaliatory termination after she reported financial fraud. The discrimination suit alleged that Transdigm Read More

• posted: May 23, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• Age Discrimination,  eeoc,  Eli Lilly

Eli Lilly has been sued in federal court for age discrimination. A 53-year-old sales employee filed a collective action against the pharmaceutical manufacturer, claiming they violated federal and state anti-discrimination Read More

• posted: May 22, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination,  Sexual Harassment
• employer retaliation,  sexual harassment,  discrimination claim

Natalia Grainger, former squash director of the Westchester County Club, filed a lawsuit against the country club recently. Her complaint alleges that she was fired after she noticed and reported Read More