By Steve Kardell | Published May 24, 2021 | Posted in Sexual Harassment | Comments Off on MARTA Settles Sexual Harassment Lawsuit for $575,000
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MARTA Settles Sexual Harassment Lawsuit for $575,000
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority recently settled a sexual harassment lawsuit for $575,000. The plaintiff was a former employee, Shyanne Lord, who worked as a bus maintenance worker for the agency. Lord experienced relentless sexual harassment by a male coworker while on the job to such a degree that at one point, she looked Read More
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Employee Requests for Reasonable Accommodation Must Be Taken Seriously
Employees have the right to request reasonable accommodations in the workplace for particular conditions they have. Employers, then, must take those requests seriously if they are to avoid legal issues. An example One recent example of a case dealing with this issue centered on a plaintiff, a Mr. Burnette, who worked in a call center Read More
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Whistleblowers Shine Light on Low-Quality Food Resulting in Illnesses for National Guard Members
A recent investigation prompted by whistleblower reports found Michigan National Guard troops were becoming ill due to the low quality of their food. According to the whistleblower, nearly 75 meals had to be thrown out after metal shavings were found in food, while other meals showed up undercooked and resulted in soldiers becoming sick. The Read More
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Common Strategies Companies Use to Falsify their Financial Statements
One of the most common forms of fraud committed by businesses is “cooking the books,” or falsifying important financial documents and statements to make out that their numbers are actually better than reality would reflect. This is particularly common during periods of economic turmoil, such as what we’ve seen over the last year as a Read More
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Employment Suits Start to Bounce Back After Lags Caused by Pandemic
It was a predictable result of the COVID-19 pandemic—by May 2020, new employment lawsuits in federal courts started to majorly fall off. However, by the end of the year and carrying into the first quarter of 2021, employment lawsuits began to rebound, marking just one more indicator of an economy that is beginning to wake Read More
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Texas Unions Push Lawmakers to Protect Workers in Wake of COVID-19
Some of the largest unions in the state of Texas recently renewed a push to get lawmakers to overhaul the employment insurance system in the state and to ensure workers’ compensation for employees who were exposed to the COVID-19 virus while on the job. According to these unions, state legislators need to take more concrete Read More
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Whistleblower to Get $3.6 Million in False Claims Act Case Against Roche, Humana
Humana and Roche Diagnositics Corp. and Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. (Roche) agreed to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit to the tune of $12.5 million, of which more than $3.6 million will go to the whistleblower who initiated the claim. The case dates back to 2014, when the whistleblower (who had worked at Roche) reported Read More
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Paid Leave Under the Biden Administration’s American Rescue Plan
One of the very first steps President Joe Biden took upon assuming the presidency was to attack the COVID-19 pandemic and lay out plans for relief for Americans who have suffered financially and medically as a result of the widespread pandemic. The administration’s American Rescue Plan covered a broad spectrum of aid, including paid leave Read More
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Whistleblower Claims Wrongful Termination After Complaining About COVID Protocols at Workplace
A whistleblower claims he was wrongfully terminated from his position after repeatedly raising his concerns about COVID-19 protocols at Trojan Battery Co. in Santa Fe Springs. The company was the subject of an investigation in 2020 after a virus outbreak resulted in 61 total infections and the death of one employee. The whistleblower, John Martinez, Read More
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UNT Music Professor Sues School for Retaliation Over Accusations of Racism
A music professor at the University of North Texas, Timothy Jackson, filed a lawsuit against the school, claiming his constitutional rights were violated by the university. UNT said it would remove Jackson from a position heading up a music theory journal, and defund that journal and the research center he directs. This came after a Read More
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