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 [...]
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.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 [...]
Recent Cases Show The Limits of Free Speech
Two 2022 cases—both won by employers—demonstrate the limits of free speech at private sector employers. (Public employees have some First Amendment [...]
The Limits of Whistleblower Protection
Lori Hanson, a regional director with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, reported suspected child neglect and prostitution at the hotel [...]
Bad Investigation, Scorched-Earth Tactics Cost Employer
After 25 years at the Chicago Park District and a number of promotions, Lydia Vega was fired in 2012 for [...]
Lying CEO Must Pay Back $105 Million
In what the New York Times described as “one of the largest claw backs in the history of corporate America”, [...]