As workers become more knowledgeable about their rights, the number of wrongful-termination lawsuits is on the rise. Here's how you can avoid legal trouble when firing an employee. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Also known as: Title VII...
Electrode Inc was wrong to dismiss Christopher immediately. They may have moral grounds for termination. The HR department should have been more proactive by counseling Christopher before the situation exploded. The counseling process should include verbal and written warnings and making the borrower repay the loans. Termination is...
LOS ANGELES -- In a settlement to a lawsuit brought by John Zamora and Graphic Press, Inc., defendants Graphic Press LLC., Nogales Investors LLC., Nogales Investment Fund I, Luis Nogales and Mark Mickelson have agreed to pay John Zamora $9.2 million. Zamora sued the defendants for slander, breach...
Texans Loses Wrongful Termination Lawsuit DALLAS-A jury last week ruled in favor of three form executives with Texans Commercial Capital Advisors, a CUSO formerly owned by Texans Credit Union, who had filed suit claiming defamation and wrongful termination. The jury ruled that the three former...
A former senior attorney at Discovery Communications Inc. has filed a federal wrongful termination lawsuit against the Silver Spring-based educational media company, alleging she was sacked because her congenital blood-clotting disorder affected her work schedule. Victoria Anderson, who worked at Discovery from June 2004 to January 2007,...
A former state employee is suing the Court of Appeals, his supervisor and a co-worker for $1.1 million, alleging racial discrimination and wrongful termination. Daniel Coleman, once the executive director of procurement and contract administration at the Administrative Office of the Courts, filed suit in U.S....
-- Spectranetics Corp. disclosed Friday that it has been sued by a former employee making allegations similar to those included in search warrants two federal agencies executed this month. The Colorado Springs-based medical device manufacturer said Scott Schlesinger filed the lawsuit Sept. 5 in...
A GRANDFATHER today threatened to sue health chiefs after he gave away more than pounds 18,000 when he was wrongly told he had terminal cancer. Andy Lees, 72, handed out pounds 12,000 of his life savings to family and friends and spent pounds 6,500 planning his funeral. But a year...
PHILADELPHIA -- A fired TV newscaster admitted in court Friday that he illegally hacked into his co-anchor's e-mail accounts and leaked private information about her to gossip columnists. Larry Mendte admitted that he viewed hundreds of Alycia Lane's e- mails from March 2006 to May 2008, including...
EIGHT patients were taken to hospital, some on stretchers, after a care home "from hell" was shut down by appalled inspectors in the middle of the night. They were forced to apply for an emergency closure order after they say they found appalling neglect at the...
Enforcing Employment Rights of Air Force Reservist SEATTLE, Aug. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- SmallTownPapers president and founder Paul Jeffko today responded to a Justice Department lawsuit filed against his company for the wrongful termination of a military employee. Jeffko said the Justice Department complaint is inaccurate and...
A judge has dismissed allegations against Bob Barker in a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by a "Price Is Right" employee, saying the game-show's longtime host was not her boss. Deborah Curling, a former production assistant, sued Barker, CBS and production company FremantleMedia North America in October, claiming...
THE JOB OF A MAJOR LEAGUE HITTING COACH IS, OF COURSE, TO TEACH HITTING. BUT IN the worst of times, like the Brewers experienced early in the season, it's also to play a role as an offensive psychologist. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Brewers' Jim...
ATLANTA -- InternetSafety.com, the recognized leader in Internet safety solutions, today announced it has compiled the "Top 10 Online Time Wasters" that currently diminish employee productivity at the workplace. The listing demonstrates the diverse range of online distractions that tempt workers from 9 to 5. ...
A doctor who once directed neonatal intensive care units for two Kansas City-area hospitals received a $4.95 million verdict last week for his allegations of wrongful interference and defamation. A Jackson County jury returned the award on Thursday for William H. Topper, who...
A doctor who once directed neonatal intensive care units for two area hospitals received a $4.95 million verdict last week for his allegations of wrongful interference and defamation. A Jackson County jury returned the award on Thursday for William H. Topper, who worked...
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Retailing industry is available in its catalogue. World Vending Machines Market http://www.reportlinker.com/p090621/World-Vending-Machines-Market.html This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Vending Machines in Millions of US$. The specific product segments analyzed are Beverage Vending...
NEW YORK -- Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: ABK) Ambac today announced that in response to persistent and unfounded speculation regarding Ambac's liquidity situation, it has released information about collateral requirements and terminations of its investment agreement business related to recent actions by the rating agencies. "Despite...
QUESTIONS OF CASH ***Nectar offered me a free treat last year and I chose its offer of a sphereing session. But when I tried to book this with SphereMania, I was informed the voucher was only valid for one person and it was...
FDA Lifts Clinical Hold on OBD IND EXTON, Pa. -- Adolor Corporation (Nasdaq: ADLR) today issued an update on the Entereg[R] alvimopan Program for chronic opioid bowel dysfunction OBD, under development in collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK). The U. S. Food and Drug...
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