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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.
For a total of $27 million—including $9 million in attorneys’ fees--Google has settled a class action filed on behalf of roughly [...]
Dynamic Security, which provides security services for the Hyundai plant in Montgomery, Alabama, hired Davita Key, an African American woman, to [...]
Goldman Sachs has reached a $215 million settlement of a gender discrimination class action covering nearly 3,000 female associates and vice [...]
Last year, Unforgettable Coatings, a commercial painting and roofing company in Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, and Utah – and its owner – [...]
The U.S. Department of Justice has reached a $25 million settlement with Apple Inc. over allegations the company discriminated against U.S. [...]
This past Fall, Flower Foods, a baked goods producer in California, agreed to settle a class action lawsuit alleging that it [...]
HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. will pay $18 million to settle federal and state claims that the company deliberately [...]
A jury in Nebraska returned a verdict of $36.075M – $75k in compensatory damages and $36M in punitive damages – against [...]
Circle K Stores, Inc., accused of systematically denying accommodations to pregnant workers and employees with disabilities, is paying $8 million to [...]
Home Depot has agreed to pay $72.5M to settle a class action lawsuit that alleges Home Depot failed to properly pay [...]