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Every month we showcase an employment law case study that involves a large monetary payout and what the employer could have done to avoid it. Be sure that your managers have all the tools they need to help you avoid these kinds of costly mistakes with our employment law training programs.
Home Depot has agreed to pay $72.5M to settle a class action lawsuit that alleges Home Depot failed to properly pay [...]
A federal court has ordered a Philadelphia company and its owner to pay more than $7 million in back wages and [...]
A district manager at O’Reilly Auto Parts was awarded $3 Million after he was terminated for twice reporting sexual harassment. The [...]
In 2023, pay equity is a hot topic in employment. Three recent settlements by major U.S. businesses illustrate the trend: Google [...]
A jury awarded a FedEx employee a whopping $366M – $1.16M in compensatory damages, $365M in punitive damages – in November [...]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office agreed to pay $3.3million to resolve whistleblower claims from four former high-ranking staffers who alleged [...]
In August 2022, we told you about a McDonald’s franchise owner in Vermont that paid $1.6M to settle a sex discrimination [...]
An appellate court has upheld a jury’s verdict of $1.8 million and a judge’s award of $1.5 million in attorney fees [...]
Amid recent allegations against Washington Commanders owner Daniel Snyder and a request to remove him as owner, it was disclosed that [...]