January 3, 2020
Don’t let hindsight be 2020. While others are enjoying the holidays and a well-deserved break, Nevada businesses should “check their lists twice” to make sure they are compliant with a host of new laws going into effect in Nevada on …
January 2, 2020
Two women who say they were sexually assaulted by passengers on Frontier Airlines flights sued the Denver-based budget carrier for allegedly refusing to help them and either not having or failing to follow policies to respond to assaults. The class …
December 2, 2019
The federal government is suing a Little Rock, Ark.-based insurance company over the firing of a worker who had just had a baby. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the lawsuit last week in Little Rock against USAble Life …
November 5, 2019
Update: Inventory Professionals issued a statement disputing the Labor Commissioner’s allegations. That is now included in this article. The California Labor Commissioner has cited Anaheim-based Inventory Professionals Inc. $1.6 million for wage theft violations affecting 64 workers. The citations also …
October 8, 2019
An Iowa pork processing plant is working to address Micronesia’s concerns about the treatment of some of its citizens who work at the plant. Seaboard Triumph Foods said that it follows all employment laws and it is working with its …
October 4, 2019
The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered a popular New Orleans restaurant to pay $238,000 in back wages to 222 employees who weren’t properly paid for overtime work. News outlets report an agency investigation determined Superior Seafood and Oyster Bar …
October 3, 2019
The terms and conditions of employment — including pay, hours, schedule flexibility and job security — influence employees’ overall health as well as their risk of being injured on the job, according to new research from the University of Washington. …
September 30, 2019
A New Orleans restaurant has paid more than $55,000 after an investigation revealed it had violated multiple U.S. child labor laws by hiring a 13 year-old, who subsequently was severely injured at the workplace. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage …
September 24, 2019
Belle Tire Distributors Inc., a tire, wheels and auto service company in Michigan, has agreed to pay $55,000 and furnish other relief to settle a racial harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). According …
July 9, 2019
A federal judge will allow a waitress who claims she was fired because of her pregnancy to join a lawsuit against a Bismarck restaurant. The judge decided Erica Davidson is within her rights to intervene in the Equal Employment Opportunity …