Willful Failure to Pay Overtime Leads to $7 Million Judgment
A federal court has ordered a Philadelphia company and its owner to pay more than $7 million in back wages and [...]
About Ann Kiernan
Ann Kiernan has litigated claims of wrongful discharge and discrimination before state and federal courts and administrative matters before the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights, the National Labor Relations Board and the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, representing both employers and employees. Ms. Kiernan co-hosted The Employee Rights Forum, a weekly radio call-in show reaching up to a half-million listeners in the New York metropolitan area, and her articles on employment law have been published in many books and magazines. Both as a firm partner and as a director, Ms. Kiernan gained solid experience in management and human resources compliance. She has worked with Fair Measures since 1997.New Focus on Accommodating Religion at Work
Since 1977, employers, courts, and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) have relied on the language in TWA v. Hardiston, [...]
Google To Pay $118 Million To Settle Pay Equity Case
In 2023, pay equity is a hot topic in employment. Three recent settlements by major U.S. businesses illustrate the trend: Google [...]
Texas Attorney General’s Office to Pay $3.3 Million in Whistleblower Settlement
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office agreed to pay $3.3million to resolve whistleblower claims from four former high-ranking staffers who alleged [...]
Novartis to Pay $3.3 Million for Retaliatory Firing of Whistleblower
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 [...]
Promising Practices for Preventing Harassment
In April, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued a technical assistance paper on Promising Practices for Preventing Harassment. While [...]
VP Fired for Violating Social Media Policy She Wrote
Kathleen Jungclaus was the vice president for human resources at a retirement community in Pennsylvania. In July 2016, she tweeted from [...]
New Laws Expand Rights of Expectant and New Parents
As part of the bipartisan government funding legislation signed by President Biden on December 29, 2022, pregnant workers and nursing mothers [...]
U.S. Surgeon General Urges Focus on Employee Mental Health
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the relationship between our work and our well-being into clearer focus. The numbers are grim. Two [...]
Your Employees Don’t Need a Union If You’re Pro-Worker
On Labor Day 2022, the U.S labor movement found itself in better shape than it has been in years. According to [...]