California Labor Commissioner Reaches $658K Settlement with Residential Care Facility June 14, 2024 The California Labor Commissioner’s Office reached a $658,948 settlement with a Los Angeles residential care facility. The settlement was to...
California Governor Wants to Curb a Labor Law That Cost Businesses $10B June 13, 2024 By Josh Eidelson and Andrew Oxford For two decades, a California law has helped workers sue the world’s biggest companies. Drivers for Uber Technologies Inc. won...
Colorado Woman Handcuffed in Police Car Hit by Train Receives $8.5M Settlement June 7, 2024 By Colleen Slevin A Colorado woman who was seriously injured when a freight train hit the parked police vehicle in which she sat...
Texas County to Pay Female Deputies $1.5M to Settle Sexual Misconduct Suit June 7, 2024 By Josh Funk HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas county has agreed to pay a group of female deputies $1.5 million to settle a...
Iowa to Pay $3.5M to Family of Student Who Drowned in Rowing Accident June 6, 2024 DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa officials agreed Tuesday to pay $3.5 million in a settlement agreement with the family...
Family of California Veteran Who Died After Officer Knelt on His Neck Settles for $7.5M May 17, 2024 By Olga R. Rodriguez Family members of a Navy veteran who died in 2020 after a police officer pressed a knee to his neck...
Colorado City Police Beating Lawsuit Settled for $2.1 Million May 16, 2024 By Colleen Slevin Colorado Springs leaders agreed Tuesday to pay $2.1 million to settle a federal lawsuit brought by a Black man who...
Texas Energy Company to Pay $260K to Settle Racial Harassment Lawsuit May 9, 2024 A Texas energy company will pay a $265,000 fine to settle charges that it subjected Black and Hispanic field mechanics...
Company to Pay $650K Over Child Labor Violations at Meat Processing Facilities May 8, 2024 By Hannah Fingerhut DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Tennessee-based sanitation company has agreed to pay more than half a million dollars after...
New Mexico Restaurant Settles Wage-Theft Complaint After Prolonged Legal Battle May 2, 2024 New Mexico labor announced a legal settlement that resolves longstanding accusations of unpaid wages against a restaurant business in northwestern...