Employment News
Philadelphia-based medical staffing agency to pay $9.3 million in back wages and damages for 1,756 workers - The Philadelphia Inquirer
A Philadelphia-based medical staffing provider will pay $9.3 million in back wages and damages to more than 1,750 employees who were denied overtime pay following a consent judgement obtained by ...
Read moreUS Department of Labor recovers $77K in back wages for 25 workers from North Carolina home healthcare provider that denied required overtime pay - US Department of Labor
Employer: Stat Etc. Inc. Operating as Queen City Home and Medical Staffing Investigation site: 530 E. Innes St. Salisbury, NC 28144 Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour...
Read moreMusk, Twitter square off in hearing over whistleblower, soured deal (NYSE:TWTR) - Seeking Alpha
A key Delaware hearing has begun Tuesday afternoon in the case of Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) v. Musk et al., with no fewer than eight legal issues on the table ahead of a trial that's now less than thre...
Read more3rd Circuit Rules ABC Test Determines Employee or Independent Contractor for NJ Wage & Hour Claims - JD Supra
Employers who retain independent contractors in New Jersey may face greater exposure for wage and hour claims following a recent ruling in the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal. Significantly, in Baile...
Read moreDisney Settles Case with Whistleblower Sandy Kuba - Pirates & Princesses
Previously we reported on the case of Sandy Kuba. Kuba worked for Disney as a senior financial analyst and claims she was fired after she reported some “revenue recognition issues” she discovered...
Read moreMessenger: Starbucks workers in Ladue prove a point, and seize control, for one day - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
LADUE — Things were back to relatively normal Monday morning at the Starbucks on the corner of Clayton Road and Lindbergh Boulevard. A table of retired gentlemen sat at their regular table next t...
Read moreCarson Block Betrayed His Partner to Steal SEC Award, Filing Says - Bloomberg Law
Kevin Barnes alleges his fellow short seller sold him out so he could reap $14 million bounty Court filing accuses whistleblower program of breaking its own rules and changing story on the payo...
Read moreWNN Exclusive: FOIA Documents Discredit Articles Attacking SEC Whistleblower Program - Whistleblowers Protection Blog
This article is the second in the WNN series investigating FOIA documents from the SEC about the agency’s whistleblower program. The first article outlined Big Law’s newfound involvement in the S...
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These social media stars are facing defamation lawsuits from friends of Nolan Wells - Biloxi Sun Herald
Attorneys for three friends of Nolan Xavier Wells filed six more defamation lawsuits Tuesday in federal and state court, accusing social media users of making false claims about the young men in co...