By Steve Kardell | Published November 30, 2021 | Posted in Employee Rights | Tagged Tags: employee mistreatment, quitting your job, workplace safety |
The number of people throughout the United States quitting their jobs has reached record highs as Americans see significant opportunities in the job market and opportunities to earn more money elsewhere. Approximately 4.3 million people quit their jobs in August alone, representing nearly three percent of the workforce. That is the second time this year Read More
Read MoreThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently awarded three compliance professionals a joint award of $1 million for their role in helping the agency uncover and prosecute misconduct at their firm. As is always the case with SEC whistleblower awards, the identities of those whistleblowers were kept private, as well as any potential identifying information, Read More
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Justice recently announced charges from a grand jury in New Jersey issued against the owner of multiple telemedicine companies. The defendant is based in Florida and runs a group known as the Video Doctor Network, which allegedly participated in a widespread Medicare fraud scheme. Case background The owner of the Video Read More
Read MoreA federal judge in Chicago ruled that four ex-employees for JPMorgan Chase & Co. must face racketeering charges upon accusations of price manipulation of metals futures. The judge’s decision resulted in a trial being set for October 19. The case represented the most heavy-handed attempts by the U.S. Department of Justice so far to prevent Read More
Read MoreThe Biden administration recently issued guidance that workers with long-term, lingering symptoms of COVID-19 may be protected under federal disability laws. This guidance brings forth a new area of concern for employers: that they may become targets of litigation if they discriminate against or fail to accommodate a person with such lingering symptoms. About the Read More
Read MoreA group of current and former employees of the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training filed a lawsuit in which they claimed systemic retaliation against whistleblowers by the agency’s leadership within the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet. The cabinet is responsible for training many of the state’s law enforcement officers. Defendants included the cabinet and Read More
Read MoreThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced whistleblower awards of more than $4 million spread among four individuals who provided information critical to a securities fraud investigation. Here’s a quick overview of the information released by the SEC regarding these awards. First award: Claimant 1 internally reported concerns multiple times before reporting the Read More
Read MoreOne of the final acts of the presidency of Donald Trump was to sign into law a Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act. The law prohibits employers from retaliating against employees who report violations of antitrust laws to the federal government or to their own internal higher-ups. About the legislation The legislation makes it illegal for employers Read More
Read MoreThe U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June in the case of Buren v. United States. The 6-3 decision added some limitations to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986. Now, federal prosecutors are not allowed to use the CFAA to charge employees who used workplace computer information to which they had authorized access to Read More
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