• posted: Feb. 18, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• market volatility,  reward program

Employees and managers of publicly traded companies could recover significant amounts of money if they have proof that executives are purposefully withholding negative or damaging information from shareholders to protect Read More

• posted: Feb. 11, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• strengthened federal protections

A federal jury recently awarded a Montana man more than $2.1 million in a wrongful termination lawsuit against BNSF Railway Co. The employee and plaintiff was Zachary Wooten of Columbia Falls, Read More

• posted: Feb. 04, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• employee rights,  labor and employment,  Fair Labor Standards Act,  Dallas attorney,  discrimination in the workplace

The U.S. Department of Justice told the Supreme Court in October 2018 that businesses are allowed to discriminate against workers based on gender identity without violating federal law. In an appearance Read More

• posted: Oct. 15, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• $1.1 Million Maritime Whistleblower Award

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Administrative Review Board (ARB) decided to uphold a $1.1 million whistleblower award issued to a ship captain who lost his job after reporting safety violations Read More

• posted: Oct. 11, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• employer violation

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently ruled that Harley-Davidson Motor Co. should have allowed the International Association of Machinists (IAM) to engage in bargaining negotiations before the company offered Read More

• posted: Oct. 08, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• employee rights,  Dallas attorney,  workplace harassment

The age of #MeToo has shed light on just how important it is for businesses and organizations to plan out robust harassment reporting and investigation policies and to be proactive Read More

• posted: Sep. 27, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• $54.5 Million Settlement

Bloomberg LP and a settlement class of help desk representatives reached a $54.5 million settlement in a federal court in New York earlier this summer. The representatives alleged the company Read More

• posted: Sep. 17, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• employee rights,  hostile work environment,  Dallas attorney

Ice Cube’s BIG3 three-on-three basketball league has provided a fun environment on the court for players to showcase their skills. However, the league has also had its fair share of Read More

• posted: Sep. 13, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• employee rights,  Fair Labor Standards Act,  Dallas attorney

The U.S. Supreme Court has maintained a standard of construing exemptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) narrowly for more than 70 years. However, on April 2, 2018, it Read More

• posted: Sep. 10, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• workplace harassment

In the recent case of Lassiter v. Hidalgo Medical Services, a former employee of the medical service provider aimed to compel the company to produce reports from an outside counsel, Read More

• posted: May 28, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• Med Health Services Inc.,  Plaintiff alleges wrongdoing

A woman in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, claims her supervisors at Med Health Services Inc. in Monroeville illegally retaliated against her after she raised concerns about illegal activity in the workplace Read More

• posted: May 24, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• hair salon in Kennett Square,  Pennsylvania

The U.S. Department of Labor filed a lawsuit against a hair salon in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, claiming the business owners terminated an employee because her husband reported workplace safety and Read More

• posted: Apr. 12, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• Restaurant Industry,  tips for restauranteurs

Many high-profile figures have been accused of sexual harassment within the last year and essentially seen their careers come to an end as a result. In this environment, it is Read More

• posted: Apr. 02, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• misconduct at universities,  Patterns of harassment,  Sexual Misconduct Allegations

The string of high-profile sexual misconduct allegations has not been limited to the entertainment and media industries. Columbia University has now lost two professors to accusations of sexual misconduct and Read More

• posted: Mar. 29, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• #metoo movement,  reporting incidents of harassment,  Sexual Harassment Allegation

The #metoo movement that sprang to the forefront of the news cycle in the latter half of 2017 helped empower victims of sexual harassment to share their stories and seek Read More

• posted: Mar. 26, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• Age Discrimination,  Facebook Job Ads,  Verizon

Verizon recently came under criticism with accusations of age discrimination in its Facebook marketing of job openings at the company. The advertisements used on Facebook intended to recruit applicants for financial Read More