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Panda Express to pay $150,000 after an EEOC investigation into sexual harassment

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 […]

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Owners of a San Diego restaurant criminally indicted for wage theft and other violations

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’ […]

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Los Angeles Clothing Company Fined For Labor Violations

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 […]

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Construction worker suffers a wrongful death on the job

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 […]

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Debt collector caught suing the wrong person

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 […]

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Usher sued for wrongful termination and unpaid overtime

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 […]

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AT&T has reached a settlement in an employment lawsuit regarding overtime pay

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 […]

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The EEOC has filed suit against a nursing home for employment law violations

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 […]

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The EEOC makes revisions to its disability discrimination protections

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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BMO Harris Bank is accused of disability discrimination by the EEOC

BMO Harris Bank, one of the largest banks in the Midwest serving personal, commercial and affluent customers will pay $400,000 to 14 former employees under a consent decree resolving a disability discrimination case brought by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Case: EEOC v. Harris Bank, Civil Action No. 12-cv -7793 According to the […]

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A Manager May Still Be Entitled To Overtime Pay

If your employer has give you the title of “Manager,” but you spend almost no time managing people, you may be eligible for overtime pay. As a cost-cutting measure, many employers use job titles, such as “Manager” for their lower level employees to avoid paying them overtime. This being said, employees in these job titles who do not regularly supervise 2 […]

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Merck has been slapped with a $100 million discrimination lawsuit

Merck & Co., one of the world’s seven largest pharmaceutical companies, is being sued by Kelli Smith, a Merck sales representative for at approximately $100 million. In her claim Smith alleges that Merck does not give women equal opportunities for advancement and punishes female employees for taking maternity leave. According to Smith, she won awards for her work but was unfairly demoted after taking […]

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