March 30, 2023
A Black former elevator operator at Tesla Inc’s TSLA.O flagship California assembly plant became emotional testifying at a trial on Wednesday about the psychological toll exacted on him by a torrent of racial slurs, threats and other workplace incidents. The …
March 27, 2023
A trial kicks off in San Francisco federal court on Monday to determine how much money Tesla Inc. must pay to a Black elevator operator who a jury determined was subjected to severe racial harassment while working at the electric …
March 22, 2023
Female gig workers in the U.S. make less than males, wear more hats, and are more worried about their futures, according to Legal & General Group research. A study sponsored by the group found that across all categories of respondents …
March 17, 2023
A California civil rights agency suing Tesla Inc. over alleged widespread race bias at its flagship assembly plant on Tuesday asked a judge to narrow the scope of his tentative ruling requiring the agency to provide more details about the …
February 9, 2023
Activision Blizzard Inc ATVI.O has agreed to pay $35 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges that it failed to have systems in place to properly handle disclosures of employee complaints and violated whistleblower protection rules, the regulator …
January 26, 2023
Shareholders can sue McDonald Corp’s former global chief people officer for the damage they claim he caused to the restaurant chain by allegedly allowing a culture of sexual harassment to flourish, according to a groundbreaking legal ruling. The decision marks …
January 17, 2023
Twitter Inc has secured a ruling allowing the social media company to force several laid-off workers suing over their termination to pursue their claims via individual arbitration than a class-action lawsuit. U.S. District Judge James Donato on Friday ruled that …
January 11, 2023
Twitter Inc. was accused of carrying out a “sham redundancy process” and threatened with lawsuits by UK staff targeted by mass firings following Elon Musk’s takeover of the social-media giant. Winckworth Sherwood LLP said Twitter had behaved “unfairly and without …
January 6, 2023
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, which enforces antitrust law, proposed a rule that would ban companies from requiring workers to sign noncompete provisions as well as some training repayment agreements, which companies use to keep workers from leaving for better …
January 4, 2023
US labor board prosecutors have concluded that Starbucks Corp. illegally forced out a New York barista who has been a key architect of the union campaign that swept through hundreds of its cafes this year. The union leader, Jaz Brisack, …