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Yolo Food Bank Sued in California Superior Court for Wrongful Termination, Retaliation Against Whistleblowing Former Executive Director - Law Firm Newswire
Bisch, former Executive Director of YFB, who is credited with turning YFB around and making it one of the most successful non-profits in the region, alleges various causes of action including wro...
Read moreHow whistleblowing systems can help the food industry address wrongdoing | Retail - Speciality Food
Chancelle Blakey, business development manager at Safecall, discusses how the food sector is lagging behind in the whistleblowing trend and why it should take part Employers across the food sec...
Read moreSen. Johnson to DoD, FDA, CDC: Whistleblower Allegations about COVID-19 Vaccine... - Senator Ron Johnson
WASHINGTON – On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) sent a letter to Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Lloyd Austin, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf, and Ce...
Read moreBisch Files Suit, Whistleblower Retaliation Complaint, against Yolo Food Bank - The People’s Vanguard of Davis
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – It has been a few months since the surprising firing of Michael Bisch, who had served as executive director of the Yolo Food Bank. Bisch’s l...
Read morePay increase on the horizon for city workers – and for Council members themselves - Austin Monitor
As City Council finalizes next year’s budget, city workers – including Council members themselves – are in for a pay raise. Council is set to increase the minimum wage for city workers to $20 per...
Read moreWhistleblowers claim they were fired for outing one of nation's deadliest nursing home COVID outbreaks - McKnight's Long Term Care News
Two high-level state employees brought on to manage a pair of controversial veterans’ homes in the early days of the pandemic filed a whistleblower lawsuit Wednesday in Massachusetts. Eric Sheeha...
Read moreThe Seattle Times: Ostrom Mushroom Farms faces civil rights lawsuit on gender, other discrimination - United Farm Workers
Aug. 18, 2022 at 6:00 am Updated Aug. 18, 2022 at 8:28 am Ostrom Mushroom Farms, a major producer in the Pacific Northwest, systematically fired about 80% of its employees at its Sunnyside farm —...
Read morePa. Diner Must Pay $1.3M After Willful Wage Violation Trial - Law360
A Pennsylvania federal judge concluded Thursday that a restaurant and its owners knowingly and intentionally violated the Fair Labor Standards Act and underpaid its workers by almost $700,000 over...
Read moreOhio workers now have easier, faster way to file wage and hour complaints - The Highland County Press
The Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Industrial Compliance recently upgraded its manual wage and hour complaint process to a paperless process, which allows workers to file complaints mor...
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Fundco execs sanctioned for false statements: FCA - Investment Executive
A pair of former executives at fund manager Blue Horizon Asset Management are being sanctioned by the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) amid allegations that they made false statements in a...