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By Emily Cousins | March 29, 2024
Bridgewater argues an arbitration is not a civil action, and a petition for bill of discovery is unavailable as a matter of law. It also filed motions in Connecticut District Court to compel the claims to arbitration.
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By Cedra Mayfield | March 29, 2024
"[T]he workers compensation bar doesn't prevent victims of sexual abuse from suing in tort if their employers are at fault," said plaintiff counsel Jeb Butler. "Our appellate courts have held that sexual assault claims do not 'arise out of' employment."
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By Deborah Petito | March 29, 2024
"There is hope that SB 553 will help to make California workplaces safer," according to employment attorney Deborah Petito of Offit Kurman.
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By Christian Petrucci | March 28, 2024
The claimant did an excellent job of demonstrating the error in the board's opinion that had reversed her success before the WCJ in a termination petition. As the court determined that the case was "precedential" a review is warranted.
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By Chris O'Malley | March 28, 2024
The Department of Labor fined Morristown, Tennessee-based Tuff Torq $296,951 and secured a court order requiring it to disgorge $1.5 million—a month of profits—after a January inspection found 10 illegally employed children as young as 14 subjected to "oppressive" conditions.
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By Colleen Murphy | March 27, 2024
"I urge the court, there are a myriad of cases cited here, to please follow the verbs," counsel to the plaintiff, Richard I. Scharlat, a partner with Fox Rothschild said. "All the verbs talk about selection, appointment, the right to hire and fire. The verbs really do not extend to a defamatory statement post employment."
6 minute read
By David Urban and Gabriella Kamran | March 26, 2024
It is well known that the law protects employees from harassment and discrimination based on race, gender, age, and disability, among other protected…
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By Allison Dunn | March 26, 2024
Iriel Jones, a trial attorney with the commission, filed the civil rights complaint Monday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on behalf of Jerrell McGirt against Iron Hill Brewery's Buckhead location, as well as the owners of the craft brewery and restaurant, which have 20 locations across Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Georgia.
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By Emily Cousins | March 26, 2024
"They stood their ground despite threats of discipline, and continued to speak out," plaintiff counsel Roland Goff said.
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By Colleen Murphy | March 25, 2024
"An initial scan of Section 27 reveals a series of difficult to decipher and contradictory sentences contained in a single arbitration clause," Judge Morris G. Smith said in his written opinion for the court. "The clause contains 887 words in thirty-six unbroken lines. A closer reading shows that the run-on paragraph harbors within it mutually inconsistent means for dispute resolution."
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