• posted: Dec. 07, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination
• FMLA,  Employer Retaliation,  Family and Medical Leave Act

Furniture giant Ikea has reached a settlement in a Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) retaliation lawsuit filed by a former manager. The case, which alleged that the employee was Read More

• posted: Dec. 05, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Sexual Harassment
• EEOC,  Employer Retaliation,  Sexual Harassment

Fast-food chain Bojangles recently settled a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by an employee, resulting in a $20,000 settlement. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) initiated the suit Read More

• posted: Nov. 30, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act,  OSHA,  Corporate Whistleblowers

A case before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals is poised to shape the fate of corporate whistleblowers. Lindsey Gulden and Damian Burch v. Exxon Mobil Corporation considers whether a Read More

• posted: Nov. 28, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• OSHA,  Dollar Tree,  Safety Violations,  Unsafe Workplace

Dollar Tree has reached a settlement agreement with the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) concerning safety violations observed in its stores. The settlement requires Dollar Tree to pay $1.35 Read More

• posted: Nov. 23, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• Age Discrimination,  Eli Lilly,  EEOC

Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly is in the spotlight once again as it settles another age-discrimination class-action lawsuit. This development comes mere months after Eli Lilly paid $2.4 million to resolve Read More

• posted: Nov. 21, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• EEOC,  Racial Bias,  Racial Discrimination

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has taken legal action against a Hooters restaurant located in Greensboro, North Carolina, alleging racial discrimination and bias in the rehiring process that Read More

• posted: Nov. 16, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act,  employer retaliation,  whistleblower retaliation

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC. This case revolves around whether a whistleblower bears the burden of proving an employer's retaliatory intent, or Read More

• posted: Nov. 14, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination
• Southwest Airlines,  religious discrimination,  religious bias

A former flight attendant fired by Southwest Airlines is seeking approximately $180,000 in legal costs in connection with contempt proceedings that followed her victory in a religious bias lawsuit against Read More

• posted: Nov. 09, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• FMLA,  Spirit Airlines,  Family and Medical Leave Act

In a proposed class action lawsuit filed in Nevada federal court, a former Spirit Airlines flight attendant has alleged that the airline wrongfully denies unpaid Family and Medical Leave Act Read More

• posted: Nov. 07, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination
• disability discrimination,  eeoc,  ADA

JC Market Thriftway, an Oregon-based grocer, has agreed to pay $50,000 in compensatory damages, backpay and other injunctive relief to resolve a disability discrimination case. The lawsuit was brought by Read More

• posted: Nov. 02, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination
• eeoc,  racial discrimination,  construction industry

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a lawsuit against Houston-based TNT Crane & Rigging, one of the country's largest crane service providers. The lawsuit alleges race discrimination, harassment Read More

• posted: Oct. 31, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC,  whistleblower claims,  separation agreements

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently imposed a $225,000 fine on Monolith Resources, a privately held energy and technology company based in Lincoln, Nebraska. The company allegedly required departing Read More

• posted: Oct. 26, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• Americans with Disabilities Act,  disability discrimination,  ADA,  reasonable accomodations

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has taken legal action against Verizon Maryland for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits discrimination against employees with disabilities. In Read More

• posted: Oct. 24, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• False Claims Act,  healthcare fraud,  medi-cal

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced a $5 million settlement with Lompoc Valley Medical Center (LVMC), a California healthcare provider, for alleged violations of the False Claims Act Read More

• posted: Oct. 19, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower awards,  CFTC,  Goldman Sachs

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Whistleblower Office recently announced a Notice of Covered Action (NCA) related to a recent enforcement case involving Goldman Sachs. They are now accepting whistleblower Read More

• posted: Oct. 17, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption,  Whistleblower Litigation
• employer retaliation,  retaliation,  regulatory compliance,  ethics

Whistleblowers are key in uncovering fraud, waste and abuse at companies and organizations. Recently, the Ethics & Compliance Initiative (ECI) conducted its annual global survey. The results offer an overview Read More