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OSHA recently ordered DISH Network to pay a former employee over $257,000 in back wages and compensatory damages, plus reasonable attorneys’ fees.

Andrea Waters, who worked as a firefighter and paramedic for the City of Petaluma, alleged she was harassed and discriminated against based upon her sex.

Currently, we are gearing up for this year's survey and want to hear from you.

Sharmalene Goonewardene alleged claims against ADP (the payroll company used by her employer, Altour International Inc.) ...

On Monday, the Supreme Court issued a landmark 6-3 ruling that held that an employer that fires someone for being gay or transgender violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

Steven J. Pearlman delivered a PODCAST for TheCorporateCounsel.net, focusing on the implications of the Supreme Court’s first SOX whistleblower decision.

After suffering a major heart attack, Kenneth Lui retired from his position as a police officer with the San Francisco Police Department.

On January 17, 2018, a Portland, Oregon jury issued a verdict of $1 million in damages to a former employee who alleged that his employer retaliated against him for reporting misconduct.

The surcharge provision will apply to all publicly traded companies otherwise covered by the city's Business License Tax, regardless of whether the company is headquartered in Portland.

On Wednesday, May 26, 2021, President Biden nominated Gwynne Wilcox to fill the last remaining vacancy on the National Labor Relations Board ("Board").

Loring Winn Williams sued the Fire District for disability discrimination under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act.

On July 24, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled in Sun Capital Partners III, LP v. New England Teamsters and Trucking Industry Pension Fund (No. 12-2312, 2013 WL 3814984) that a private equity investment fund was engaged in a "trade or business" under ERISA, and, therefore, could be part of a "controlled group" with one of its portfolio companies and potentially liable for its underfunded pension liabilities.

Article body Current Length: 1265 chars Long including spaces Source Preview Proskauer's Labor and Employment Law Department released its Delivering Value in Labor and Employment Law survey, a resource that illuminates current practices and future trends in managing labor and employment matters

A federal district court in Kansas concluded that attaching a statement of ERISA rights, i.e., a two page document listing and explaining the rights and protections provided by ERISA to plan participants, to a life insurance policy did not convert the policy into an ERISA plan.

Bonnie Ducksworth and Pamela Pollock are customer service representatives at Tri-Modal Distribution Services who alleged a failure to promote based upon racial discrimination by two staffing agencies used by Tri-Modal...

As we reported here, record-keepers for large 401(k) plans have thus far been successful in defending ERISA fiduciary-breach litigation over investment advice powered by Financial Engines.

Earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit examined whether certain types of employee compensation—shift differentials and holiday premiums...

Agnes Morrissey-Berru and Kristen Biel worked as elementary school teachers at, respectively, Our Lady of Guadalupe School and St. James School.