Posts tagged employment law

• FedEx Ground Drivers Not Independent Contractors

  Bob Carroll | June 21, 2006 6:58 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Workplace Discrimination
  

  FedEx Ground does a great job handling packages but not such a great job handling some of its employees. This story from US Newswire is only the tip of the troubles FedEx has brought on itself by trying to be cute with its drivers and their relationship with the company. FedEx Ground Could Be Out Nearly $100 Million from Recent Employment-Related Legal Actions and Tax Assessments(R)ecent cases...

• Overtime Wages Not Paid By Corporation

  Bob Carroll | February 07, 2007 7:05 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Workplace Discrimination
  

  The nonpayment of overtime wages of sales reps - Act Two following the nonpayment of overtime wages of installation workers. Does anyone see a pattern at IBM? Could the maintenance workers file the next overtime lawsuit?IBM Hit With Overtime SuitIBM Corp. has been hit with another proposed class action lawsuit that accuses the computer giant of intentionally misclassifying its sales...

• La-Z-Boy Accused Of Violating Rights Under Family And Medical Leave Act

  Bob Carroll | September 06, 2006 1:18 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Workplace Discrimination
  

  A woman filed a $1 million plus lawsuit against La-z-Boy, Inc., last week in U. S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri.Lori Ann Adams claims La-Z-Boy officials violated her rights under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act by firing her on Sept. 2, 2004. She says she suffered more than $300,000 in actual damages for lost wages, benefits, "diminished future earning capacity,...

• Whistle-Blower Awarded Damages For Firing

  Bob Carroll | August 15, 2006 7:42 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Workplace Discrimination
  

  There is protection for whistle-blowers when their employers decide to take retaliatory action.A whistle-blower who warned of problems with safety equipment planned for Florida nuclear plants has been awarded $100,000 for his wrongful firing.Unjustly fired worker awarded back payDavid L. Robinson, a Texas engineer who was a specialist in quality controls at nuclear plants, had been fired by...

• Scrap Metal Fire Burns in Port of Tampa

  Courtney Mills | 2007-11-30T14:26:15 | 0 Comments Category: Workplace Discrimination
  

  A huge scrap metal fire at a metal recycling plant broke out early this morning, sending reams of smoke billowing over an entire portion of southern Hillsborough County. Firefighters attempted to out the scrap metal fire at Trademark Metal Recycling with water, to no avail. Large clouds of smoke from the fire could be seen from miles away.According to media reports, the Hillsborough...

• Discrimination Continues In The Workplace

  Bob Carroll | 2007-02-04T11:12:39 | 0 Comments Category: Workplace Discrimination
  

  Employment discrimination charges increased in 2006. Is it because more victims are saying "I'm not going to take it anymore"? Or, more employers are ignoring the law? Or, the EEOC is becoming more aggressive? No matter the cause, it is obvious discrimination in the workplace continues in America. And, Florida is not an island of equality in a sea of discrimination.EEOC Discrimination...

• Wage And Hour Cases Are Not Mysterious

  Bob Carroll | 2007-01-27T10:29:44 | 0 Comments Category: Workplace Discrimination
  

  Solved mystery of the week.Wage-And-Hour Class Actions Continue To GrowMany employment defense attorneys agree that wage-and-hour cases have taken up more and more of their time in recent years. Now, thanks to a report published by Seyfarth Shaw LLP on Monday, there is hard evidence to back up this speculation.I do not have to speculate about an increase in wage-and-hour cases. It is real, and...

• A Lewd Workplace Costs Magazine $15.5 Million

  Bob Carroll | 2006-10-25T05:56:11 | 0 Comments Category: Workplace Discrimination
  

  You may work for a hip-hop music magazine, but you can still complain about a lewd work environment.Jury Slaps Rap Mag With $15.5M VerdictMusic magazine The Source and two former co-owners have been hit with a $15.5 million verdict after a federal jury in Manhattan found that former Source editor and plaintiff Kimberly Osorio was fired in retaliation for complaining about the lewd work...

• Greyhound Bitten By Sharks In Florida...Seeking Overtime Pay

  Bob Carroll | 2006-10-17T06:19:13 | 0 Comments Category: Workplace Discrimination
  

  The laws concerning wages and hours of employment can sometimes create interesting lawsuit captions. This particular lawsuit is actually Sharks vs. Greyhound. Honest.Greyhound Employee Demands Overtime, Lunch PayA former ticket agent has filed a wage lawsuit against Greyhound Lines Inc., accusing the passenger transportation company of failing to pay overtime and docking her pay for lunches she...

• Even Newspapers Fail To Pay Overtime

  Bob Carroll | 2006-10-14T07:19:04 | 0 Comments Category: Workplace Discrimination
  

  Newspapers get the word out. They keep us informed. They alert us to important events. They serve as a watchdog when our legal rights are violated.How could a newspaper fail to pay its reporters overtime required by law? Surely, the publisher and managing supervisors of a paper would have read many reports of other employers who did not comply with the law. Yet, here is the proof that a...