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Wage and rest break claimants settle California suit against Starbucks
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- May 17 2013
The plaintiffs in putative class litigation alleging inaccurate wage statements and denial of required meal breaks have filed a motion for
EEOC files disability discrimination lawsuit on behalf of morbidly obese man
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- September 30 2011
The Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC) has filed a claim under the amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act against a company that allegedly discharged a morbidly obese man
Waffle house worker claims owner falsely reported that minimum wage was paid
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- USA
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- May 23 2011
A former employee of an Olathe, Kansas, waffle venue has brought a collective action against his employer alleging that it reported inaccurate tip earnings so that it would appear that his total earnings were compliant with the federal minimum wage
EEOC not entitled to medical information from Nestlé in genetic discrimination case
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- USA
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- May 25 2012
A federal court in Kentucky has determined that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is not entitled to information about the medical examinations of Nestlé Prepared Foods employees in relation to a claim by one former employee that he was fired due to “genetic information” discrimination
EEOC’s discrimination claims against Hawaiian farming operations narrowed
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- USA
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- November 16 2012
A federal court in Hawaii has dismissed in part a complaint filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against farmers and a recruiting company that allegedly mistreated Thai workers
Philippine banana workers seek damages for DBCP exposure
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- USA
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- August 12 2011
Hundreds of individually named Philippine banana plantation workers alleging physical and mental injury from exposure to pesticides have filed suit against a number of agricultural and chemical companies in a California state court seeking compensatory and punitive damages
California court dismisses banana plantation lawsuit
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- USA
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- August 10 2012
A California Superior Court has reportedly dismissed a lawsuit filed by nearly 3,000 Philippine banana plantation workers who claimed that exposure to the pesticide 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP) more than 30 years ago caused physical and mental injury including sterility, testicular atrophy, miscarriages, and cancer
OSHA releases report on Voluntary Protection Program
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- USA
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- September 14 2012
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently released a report on its Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) in response to congressional criticism of the program and the Government Accountability Office’s call for improved oversight
Farm workers sue California over heat-related death and illness
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- USA
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- October 19 2012
The United Farm Workers has reportedly filed a lawsuit against the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (CalOSHA) over its alleged “systemic failure” to enforce a 7-year-old regulation requiring farmers to provide water, shade and rest to employees to prevent heat illness or death
Worker exposed to diacetyl on the job loses before California jury
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- USA
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- December 14 2012
According to a news source, the first “popcorn-lung” occupational exposure case tried in California has resulted in a defense verdict
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