By Steve Kardell | Published October 4, 2022 | Posted in Employee Rights | Tagged Tags: Age Discrimination, Discrimination Claim, employer retaliation |
A former AstraZeneca sales manager—and current whistleblower—is suing the company for age discrimination and retaliation. Suzanne Ivie claims that AstraZeneca fired her after she refused to participate in an off-label marketing scheme, and discriminated against her due to her age. Case background 51-year-old Ivie was fired in 2019, after working 19 years with AstraZeneca. During Read More
Read MoreBrian Ball, a former trainer for the Chicago White Sox who worked for the team for 20 years, filed a lawsuit against the team and its general manager Rick Hahn, alleging his October 2020 termination was because of his age, disability and sexual orientation. His lawsuit also contains allegations of defamation that caused emotional distress. Read More
Read MoreA former account executive at Alliance Healthcare Services in Irvine, California claims she was fired as retaliation for requesting reduced hours to accommodate the demands of her breast cancer treatment, and for raising concerns that she was not being paid fairly in comparison to male counterparts. That account executive, Kristen Paltz, filed a federal discrimination Read More
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Justice recently announced a settlement with R.E.E. Inc., the owner and operator of several McDonald’s franchises in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. The settlement arose from a lawsuit alleging the R.E.E.-owned violated anti-discrimination rules under the Immigration and Nationality Act by routinely discriminating against non-American citizens authorized for work while Read More
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