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Goldman Sachs Pays $215 Million to Settle Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
After nearly 13 years of litigation, Goldman Sachs settled a class action gender discrimination lawsuit for $215 million, divided amongst 2800 women. The bank has faced a long-term class action lawsuit for paying women less than men. The suit was filed in 2010 and was set to go to trial in July of this year.
May 18, 2023
McGillivary Steele Elkin Files Petition For Certiorari For COVID-19 Hazardous Duty Pay Case
On May 12, 2023, McGillivary Steele Elkin LLP filed a petition for writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court to appeal a wrongly decided ruling that denied hazardous duty pay to the brave men and women serving as federal correctional officers who worked with COVID infected inmates, without the benefit of vaccines or protective gear during the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.
May 17, 2023
Jury Awards Manufacturing Company Employees $22M for Unpaid Overtime
On May 9, 2023, a federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania awarded back wages of more than $22 million based on claims that the East Penn Manufacturing Company, Inc., one of the world’s largest battery manufacturers, failed to provide overtime pay to 7,500 workers for all their work hours.
May 16, 2023
May 14th is the 76th Anniversary of the Portal-to-Portal Act, Which Has Entitled Workers to Compensation for Pre- and Post-Shift Work Since 1947
There are few jobs where workers can stroll in, sit down, and begin working. Either because of time constraints or tasks that workers must complete to properly do their jobs, many workers come in early, stay late, and are not compensated for that time. The Portal-to-Portal Act, which celebrates its 76th anniversary on May 14th, may mandate compensation for much of that work.
May 12, 2023
National Labor Relations Board Restores Protections For Employees Who Engage in Disruptive Conduct During Protected Activity
On May 1, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) restored precedent which enhances protections for employees who lose their cool during workplace actions. For decades, the NLRB applied three setting-specific standards to determine whether employers have unlawfully discharged or disciplined employees who engaged in disruptive conduct in connection with protected activity.
May 09, 2023
Sixth Circuit Revives Hostile Work Environment Claim
In Ohio, a former employee of Swagelock Co. sued the company for racial discrimination, hostile work environment, and retaliation alleging that they mistreated him because of his race. Tyrone Rembert sued his employer, Swagelok Co., for the nine months he was an employee there.
May 04, 2023
Federal Circuit Reversed its Outlier Rule on Equal Pay Act Claims
On April 28, 2023, the Federal Circuit issued an en banc opinion, in Moore v. United States (Case No. 2022-1475) overturning the dismissal of an SEC employee’s Equal Pay Act (“EPA”) claim. En banc means that all of the judges of the Federal Circuit bench participated in the case.
May 03, 2023
Workers Across the World Celebrate International Worker’s Day on May 1
Today, workers across the world celebrate International Worker’s Day or May Day. Although not a recognized holiday in the United States, May Day or International Worker’s Day is a national holiday in countries across the world. In the U.S., May day was born after the American Federation of Labor set May 1, 1886, as the date for workers nationwide to go on strike seeking an 8-hour workday.
May 01, 2023
Cannabis Company Sued for Discrimination and Equal Pay Violations
A female former “bud tender” and shift lead for Ice Kream LLC, a cannabis company, sued the company, as well as UTR Management LLC, for sex discrimination, violation of the California Equal Pay Act, whistleblower retaliation, constructive discharge, and 13 other causes of action.
April 27, 2023
EEOC Issues Recommendations for Preventing Harassment in the Federal Sector
On April 20, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued guidance entitled “Promising Practices for Preventing Harassment in the Federal Sector.” The EEOC is the federal agency responsible for preventing and remedying unlawful employment discrimination in the workplace.
April 25, 2023
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