Genesis Healthcare, a healthcare services company based in Kennett, PA, has agreed to pay more than one million dollars to settle allegations that it had not paid vacation wages to employees who quit or were fired. The company will be paying over 800,000 dollars to the former workers, as well as 100,000 dollars in penalties [...]
Continue reading...9. April 2012
The big demand in Hawaii’s growing economy is going to be teachers and nurses, according to labor officials. Openings in teaching and nursing are expected to be the most plentiful with salaries of more than $50,000 a year. The further good news is that the median annual pay for registered nurses is $84,060 in Hawaii [...]
Continue reading...4. April 2012
Sometimes people at the workplace start working a little harder – or at least give the appearance of working harder – when they spot the boss in the vicinity. But what if the employees didn’t even know what the boss looked like? A recent survey at CareerBuilder revealed that one in five U.S. employees wouldn’t [...]
Continue reading...3. April 2012
A lawsuit surrounding a sexual harassment claim at the workplace had a unique quality: it was filed neither by the person making the accusation of sexual harassment nor by the person accused. Instead, the action was brought against Sears Holdings Corporation by a woman who was terminated soon after handling the investigation of the harassment [...]
Continue reading...2. April 2012
A measure, authored by Democratic Senator Steve Hobbs of Lake Stevens to restructure and regulate health insurance for Washington’s public school employees has not gone down well with the employees who feel that in the short term it will lead to high costs, whereas the lawmakers see health care savings in it. The Workers Union [...]
Continue reading...30. March 2012
A former employee sued the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) and its Executive Administrator, alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Rehabilitation Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). He claimed discrimination based on disability and age, and retaliation for taking medical leave. [...]
Continue reading...28. March 2012
The human resources director for the Chambersburg School District, Sylvia Rockwood, has announced that she has set up a sabbatical for the school year, which she is using to take time off of work and work on obtaining her master’s degree. The sabbatical will allow her to spend more of her free time working on [...]
Continue reading...23. March 2012
A police officer working part time resigned from his position and later alleged discrimination based on his national origin. His resultant lawsuit made its way from a Missouri district court to the U.S. Court of Appeals. The man, a native of Amman, Jordan, and a U.S. citizen since 2002, was hired as a part-time police [...]
Continue reading...21. March 2012
Family Video, reputedly the largest privately-owned retailer of movies and video games in the U.S., has recently resolved a disability discrimination lawsuit. The action was brought against the company by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of a former sales associate. The employee, who suffers from major depression and social anxiety disorder, was [...]
Continue reading...19. March 2012
An elementary school teacher brought action against a school board in Virginia, alleging a deliberate exposure to excessive mold and bacteria in her classroom. She claimed a “harmful workplace environment,” but the district court ruled against her. The case landed in the U.S. Court of Appeals. The woman taught the fourth grade at Booker T. [...]
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9. April 2012
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