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Employment Law
Patrick Hennesy lost his leg as a result of a 2009 accident in which he was struck by a car while he and his friend were pushing their vehicle to the side of the road following a rear-end collision that had just occurred. According to the lawsuit, Hennessy was a passenger in a car being driven by his friend, Ryan […]
Employment Law
Freda Willis, a 56 year-old former employee of The University of Pennsylvania Health System has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the organization, claiming that after 20 years of service she was fired because of her medical conditions. (2:11-cv-05294-JD) According to Willis, during the last several years of her employment as a call representative, she suffered from a number […]
Employment Law
Last week was national Dog Bite Prevention Week and the U.S. Post Office is shining a spotlight on U.S. cities where mail carriers are most at-risk for getting bitten. Unfortunately, Los Angeles has received the dubious distinction of being the dog bite capital at #1 on the list. https://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2013/pr13_052.htm Annually, dogs bite more than 4.7 million people, according to the Centers […]
Employment Law
Panda Express, a Chinese fast food restaurant with 1,547 locations throughout the United States must pay $150,000 to settle an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) lawsuit on behalf of 3 female teenagers who were allegedly sexually harassed while working in a Kauai, Hawaii restaurant. According to the EEOC, a male kitchen supervisor, sexually harassed some of the female staff. The supervisor subjected the female […]
Employment Law
Julie Su, the California Labor Commissioner along with Bonnie M. Dumanis the San Diego County District Attorney recently announced a grand jury indictment charging father and son team, David and Barry Dadon, owners of the State Street Grill with 21 felony counts in an ongoing payroll scheme that violated minimum wage laws and California theft laws. The Dadons have both been charged with Workers’ […]
Employment Law
Julie Su, California Labor Commissioner issued citations against O & K Apparel Inc., a Los Angeles based wholesale woman’s clothing company, to pay $113,785 in overtime wages for 110 employees, plus penalties of $61,450 for failing to pay proper overtime and $307,250 for issuing improper itemized deduction statements. “Employers must pay workers the wages they have […]
Employment Law
According to federal labor statistics, 4,609 employees were killed on the job nationwide in 2011, and 721 of those accidents happened on construction sites. One such tragedy happened recently in a Pacific Palisades, California construction site. Gilbert Vargas, 50, was operating a backhoe on a city public-works project in Pacific Palisades when the U-shaped trench he was working […]
Employment Law
New Jersey based debt collection agency, Pressler & Pressler is accused of suing the wrong person, even though that person had told them that he was not the man they were looking for. According to Marke Hoyte, he was sued by Pressler & Pressler even though his social security number and date of birth did not match the Marke Hoyte’s information in Pressler & Pressler’s file. It was […]
Employment Law
Grammy award-winning R&B artist, Usher is being sued by his former nanny, Cecilia Duncan for unpaid overtime wages and wrongful termination. Usher was ranked named one of the best-selling artists in American music history by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) after selling a record-breaking 23 million records in the United States and 65 million records worldwide. According […]
Employment Law
AT&T, a leader in telecommunication services, including home phones, cell phones and hi-speed internet has reached a settlement with Cathy Birdsong, a former AT&T employee, accusing the company of failing to pay overtime or provide meal and rest breaks. According to the complaint, AT&T misclassified Birdsong and other California business manager employees as “exempt” as a tactic to deny them overtime compensation […]
Employment Law
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a lawsuit against The Founders Pavilion, a nursing and rehabilitation center for alleged violations of federal employment law by asking for genetic information during the hiring process. The EEOC is also alleging that Founders violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Title VII of the Civil Rights […]
Employment Law
The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued four revised documents regarding protection against disability discrimination, consistent with the agency’s strategic plan to provide up-to-date clarification regarding the requirements of antidiscrimination laws. The EEOC’s documents address how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to applicants and employees with cancer, diabetes, epilepsy, and intellectual disabilities. “Nearly 34 million Americans have […]
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