• posted: Jan. 07, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• anti-retaliation provisions of the MHRA

Not all reports of internal wrongdoing are technically considered whistleblower actions. In 2013, the First Circuit Court established an important “job duties” exception related to the Maine Whistleblowers Protection Act. Read More

• posted: Jan. 04, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act,  Dodd-Frank Act,  Dallas attorney,  Securities and Exchange Commission

In early August, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued some clarification on rules regarding internal whistleblower reporting. According to the agency, whistleblowers are to be protected under the Dodd-Frank Read More

• posted: Dec. 31, 2015
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• pay ratio

On August 5, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) officially approved what has been called the “CEO pay ratio disclosure rule” under the Dodd-Frank Act. This new rule will require Read More

• posted: Dec. 28, 2015
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• Alternative Dispute Resolution,  dallas att

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a number of new procedures and policies August 19, outlining how a new process will be established to resolve whistleblower disputes more Read More

• posted: Sep. 24, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• liability for incidents,  minimum salary,  salaried-exempt positions,  white collar workers

A recent proposal from the U.S. Department of Labor would double the minimum salary for the overtime exemption for white collar workers, but would still keep the same complicated duties Read More

• posted: Aug. 06, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• Americans with Disabilities Act,  obesity,  revoked job offer

The Eighth Circuit may reopen the 2013 case of a Kansas man who alleges the BNSF Railway Co. revoked his job offer because he was obese. The man, Melvin A. Read More

• posted: Jul. 30, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• Chapter 11 liquidation plan,  liquidating trust,  unlawful activity

On June 10, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) alleged that the proposed Chapter 11 liquidation plan of Liberty Medical Supply Inc. restricts the federal agency’s rights to recover funds it Read More

• posted: Jul. 27, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• disability leave

The Sixth Circuit of Appeals confirmed financial planner Michael Rhinehimer’s $250,000 award in his lawsuit against his former employer, U.S. Bancorp, for retaliation against a complaint. Through affirming Rhinehimer’s case, the Read More

• 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