After five years of conflict in MTV’s talent and music department, a former vice president has filed a wrongful termination suit against the company, its parent company Viacom and affiliates. After years of effective service to the company and two decades of experience in the music industry, the woman maintains, she was retaliated against and …
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According to data obtained from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, the number of wage and hour complaints being filed by American workers — on the rise since 2000, have reached a 20-year high. In the 12-month period ending on March 31 of this year, 7,064 lawsuits were filed claiming violations of federal laws …
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The long-time chief executive officer of home décor retailer Tuesday Morning Corp. has filed a disability discrimination and wrongful termination complaint with the EEOC against her former company. The woman, who had been CEO of the company since July 2000, was fired in June, shortly after disclosing to the board of directors that she was …
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The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered two satellite dish installation companies operating in Minnesota to pay their current and former employees a total of $203,539 in back wages. In violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, according to the Labor Department, the companies engaged in a number of unlawful employment practices, including failure to …
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Michael Brodkorb, the former communications director for the Minnesota Senate Majority Caucus who was fired last December after revelations of an affair with the Senate Majority Leader, has moved forward with his gender discrimination and wrongful termination lawsuit. A summons and complaint was filed this week in the Second Judicial District in St. Paul, after …
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Three former employees of The Wet Seal, Inc., which owns the retailers Wet Seal and Arden B, are suing the company for employment discrimination, and they are seeking class-action status. The company operates a total of 553 stores in 47 states and Puerto Rico, and both stores are geared toward women. The lawsuit claims that …
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Tech industry venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC, which has secured capital investments for such giants as Amazon.com, Sun Microsystems and gaming company Zynga, Inc., is being sued for sexual harassment by a former employee. The lawsuit claims that women at Kleiner Perkins were labeled “buzz kills” and that complaints of sexual …
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The U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota recently made a ruling that could have an important impact on employees who have multiple health conditions and want to take leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act. Essentially, the FMLA guarantees employees the right to take paid or unpaid leave from work to …
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“She didn’t apply to Hooters and she didn’t apply to a bar in Vegas,” the employment law attorney representing an LA-area waitress told reporters. “I mean, it was only toward the end of her employment she and other women were asked to wear these provocative outfits.” The waitress is suing her former employer, a bar …
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