Erin Andrews awarded $55 million in peephole video lawsuit
Television personality and sports reporter Erin Andrews won a $55 million settlement in March in her lawsuit against Nashville hotel operator Windsor Capital Group and others. In September 2008, Andrews was a…
New law to protect janitors from workplace sexual harassment
California Gov. Jerry Brown on September 15 signed into law a bill that aims to put an end to the sexual harassment and abuse of janitors by increasing their workplace protections. Supporters…
Hewlett Packard faces age discrimination lawsuit
Four former employees sued Hewlett Packard for age discrimination, alleging they were fired as part of a sweeping five-year restructuring effort, “to make the company younger.” The proposed class action lawsuit was…
FedEx managers file sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit
Two managers working at FedEx Ground’s terminal in Watsonville, California, have sued the company alleging harassment, wrongful termination and retaliation. The lawsuit was transferred to Santa Cruz Superior Court in July 2015…
California food company settles sexual harassment lawsuit for $1.47 million
A California federal judge has ruled that Z Foods Inc. must pay $1.47 million to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of…
Qualcomm employees to get $19.5 million in gender discrimination settlement
Qualcomm Technologies Inc. will enter a $19.5 million settlement to end a nationwide gender discrimination lawsuit that involves 3,300 women employees. The lawsuit alleged that the San Diego, California-based company denied women…
Ex-finance manager sues Oracle for retaliation over accounting complaint
A former senior finance manager at Oracle alleged that she was fired for refusing to inflate the software maker’s cloud business revenues in an intentional and illegal attempt to raise the company’s stock price….
Vallejo firefighter wins over 2 million dollars in wrongful termination case
A firefighter was awarded more than $2.3 million in a wrongful termination and retaliation lawsuit against the city of Vallejo, California. He claimed two high-ranking officers from the fire department targeted him…
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