• 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: Mar. 07, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation

A former Chicken of the Sea employee has filed a complaint in Georgia federal court, alleging that she was fired from her HR position when she questioned misappropriation of ERISA-governed 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: Feb. 16, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• False Claims Act,  IRS whistleblower program,  SEC whistleblower

Whistleblowers are one of the most effective tools against corporate or government fraud and misconduct. There are many programs available, which not only provide protection against retaliation, but may also Read More

• posted: Feb. 14, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• employee protections

Bartow County, Georgia is facing a lawsuit from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) after its HR department failed to stop “abhorrent” misconduct, and racially harassed the employee who reported Read More

• posted: Jan. 31, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• ADA,  anxiety disorder

Recently, a Nashville healthcare and rehabilitation facility was found to have violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), after firing her for her anxiety disorder. A jury awarded the worker Read More

• posted: Jan. 24, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• employer retaliation,  healthcare fraud,  workplace safety

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of nurses and other healthcare professionals in a whole new way. Nurses are on the “front lines” of healthcare, often the first people to Read More

• posted: Jan. 17, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• severance agreements

If you’re getting ready to reduce your workforce, or have recently been laid off, it’s time to have a lawyer review your severance agreement. Many employers provide severance to laid Read More

• posted: Jan. 12, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• hostile work environment,  racial slur,  Racial discrimination

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently reminded employers that non-employees can cause a hostile work environment. Employers are responsible for ensuring that neither employees nor non-employees Read More

• posted: Jan. 05, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• Eli Lilly,  unlawful retaliation

Three years ago, Amrit Mula was a top human resources officer at Eli Lilly, a pharmaceutical giant in New Jersey. Now, she’s filing an unlawful retaliation lawsuit in New Jersey 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: Dec. 15, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• employer retaliation,  whistleblower laws,  wrongful termination,  Sarbanes-Oxley violation

New Jersey’s Department of Community Affairs has been accused of firing their chief financial officer, after he informed the agency’s leaders about waste and conflicts of interest in the state’s Read More

• posted: Dec. 13, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• antitrust,  Jiffy Lube,  no-poach agreements

Jiffy Lube has reached a $2 million settlement in a class action lawsuit. The class consists of about 1,250 Philadelphia-area hourly employees, who claimed the company prohibited franchisees from hiring Read More

• posted: Dec. 08, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• FMLA Eligibility,  Spirit Airlines

A former Spirit Airlines flight attendant has proposed a class action suit against the budget airline. The suit alleges that the airline enforced family and medical leave policies which are Read More

• posted: Dec. 06, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination
• wrongful termination,  Racial discrimination,  Civil Rights Act of 1964

Three Black former employees at a bridge construction company have appealed the verdict in their discrimination suit to the Eleventh Circuit, claiming their employer paid them less that white coworkers, Read More

• posted: Dec. 01, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Graft and Corruption,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• white collar crime

White collar crime costs the United States about $300 billion dollars per year—and most Americans don’t even realize it. Because white collar crime is typically nonviolent, it doesn’t get the Read More