• posted: Jul. 23, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• sexual harassment,  sexual relationship,  unfairly terminated,  witness

A U.S. Magistrate, Judge Leslie G. Foschio, decided on June 10 that Hodgson Russ LLP would continue to be allowed to defend New York charter bus company, Carrier Coach Inc., Read More

• posted: Jul. 07, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• labor rights activists,  overtime salary,  pay standards,  poverty line

President Barack Obama recently proposed raising the threshold for overtime salary to $50,400 in an op-ed he penned for the Huffington Post. Currently, the threshold is less than half that Read More

• posted: Jul. 06, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• expose wrongdoing,  Maine Whistleblower Protection Act,  protected whistleblower disclosures

A recent case, Peasley v. Regis Corporation, resulted in a jury awarding $80,000 in punitive damages to the plaintiff, a hair stylist named Valerie Peasley. The claim was filed under Read More

• posted: Jun. 22, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• racial slur

Reya C. Boyer-Liberto, a cocktail waitress, recently filed a lawsuit against the Maryland hotel she worked at, claiming she was fired after complaining about people using racial slurs against her. Read More

• posted: May 25, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• whistleblower program

The U.S. Senate passed the first-ever piece of whistleblower legislation specific to automotive safety April 28. The proposed measure provides incentives to whistleblowers within the auto industry to come forward Read More

• posted: May 11, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• budget proposals

The 2016 Fiscal Year budget proposals set forth by the U.S. Department of Labor indicate that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has requested an additional $49 million for Read More

• posted: Apr. 23, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• adverse action,  malicious,  retaliation suit,  wrongdoing

Whether you think that you have a workplace retaliation case or you simply want to arm yourself with information before you decide to blow the whistle on shady company practices, Read More

• posted: Apr. 20, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• confidentiality,  internal communications,  privileged communications

In many circumstances, courts say that corporations might relinquish privilege protection through internal privileged communications even beyond employees who have a “need to know.” This policy is often criticized because Read More

• posted: Apr. 16, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• confidentiality agreements,  employment contracts

A February 25 article in the Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will begin investigating the kinds of agreements that certain companies make with Read More

• posted: Apr. 13, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• Final Rule,  U.S. Department of Labor

On March 5, the U.S. Department of Labor gave its Final Rule in a case dealing with the types of procedures that govern the handling of retaliation complaints under the Read More

• posted: Mar. 23, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• whistleblower protection programs,  whistleblower claims

According to the 2016 Fiscal Year budget proposals in the Department of Labor, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has requested an additional $39 million of funding for next Read More

• posted: Mar. 09, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• email,  National Labor Relations,  protected communications

A recent decision made by the National Labor Relations Board ruled that the board will presume that any employees that have access to their employer’s email system during their work Read More

• posted: Mar. 05, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• victims of retaliation

When whistleblowers intend to remain in their company after alerting authorities to wrongdoing, it is imperative that they are able to maintain their privacy so that they would not be Read More

• posted: Feb. 23, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• wrongful termination lawsuit

Former senator Joe Dunn has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the State Bar of California, claiming that the organization fired him from his position as Executive Director after he Read More

• posted: Feb. 20, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• Citigroup,  richard bowen

Richard Bowen has been the subject of a lot of attention in recent years. He’s been featured in the New York Times and was a subject of a segment on Read More

• posted: Feb. 09, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• corruption,  Global Fund

A whistleblower case involving a nonprofit organization made big news recently after an employee was fired for “uncovering too much corruption” in grants given to the organization. That employee was Read More