Employment News
MIA Trenton clerk Matthew Conlon gets $140K payday to settle whistleblower suit - The Trentonian
TRENTON – A city clerk who sexually harassed three female employees is getting a six-figure payday and a “free pass” to settle a $3 million whistleblower lawsuit against the the city. Legislators...
Read moreCourt Dismisses SouthernCare Fraud Allegations, Proceeds with Whistleblower Retaliation Complaint - Hospice News
The Southern District Court of Mississippi granted hospice provider SouthernCare Inc.’s motion to dismiss a whistleblower’s False Claims Act complaint. However, the court will proceed in hearing ...
Read moreFrontline workers were excluded from companies’ pandemic windfalls. No wonder so many are forming unions. - Brookings Institution
For the first 10 years that Michelle Eisen worked as a Starbucks barista in Buffalo, N.Y., it never occurred to her to form a union. But the COVID-19 pandemic changed everything—including her opi...
Read moreRestaurant's Mandatory Service Charge Wasn't a Tip - JD Supra
In the current battle to hire and retain good workers, employers have developed creative ways to balance employees’ increased compensation expectations against the costs of running a business. In...
Read moreGov't Can Dismiss Whistleblower Suits Anytime, Justices Told - Law360
whistleblower who claims the government waited too long to jump in and dismiss his False Claims Act lawsuit. Executive Health Resources Inc. — now known as Optum — joined the government in filing...
Read moreCourt tees up truckers to get paid for time spent in rigs not driving - Courthouse News Service
The battle before the First Circuit is liable to increase the already high prices consumers face in a world where nearly all goods move at some point via trucking. BOSTON (CN) — At a time of spir...
Read moreWorkers on Vikings development claim over $100,000 in wage theft - Minnesota Reformer
The billionaire owners of the Vikings expanded their real estate empire into Minnesota with a new 200-acre development marketed on the NFL team’s brand. Workers on the project say they haven’t be...
Read moreinvestigation finds Arizona landscaping company denied full wages, retaliated against workers | US Department of Labor - US Department of Labor
PHOENIX – Following a U.S. Department of Labor investigation that found a Phoenix-area landscaping company and its owner used illegal pay practices, lied to investigators and intimidated workers,...
Read moreEmployment – Whistleblower – Reinstatement - Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
Superior Court Where a plaintiff has brought suit alleging that the defendant city’s failure to reinstate him as police chief was a violation of the Massachusetts Whistleblower Act, G.L.c. 149, §...
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Chinese Supplement Brand Falsely Claiming to Be Australian Ignites Scandal - Sixth Tone
NEWS Spurred by netizens, a domestic investigation found that the company’s listed overseas production address was linked to an unrelated Australian auto shop. A top-selling Chinese health suppleme...