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NFL is working the refs to keep ex-players from claiming share of concussion settlement

The SEC Whistleblower Program

Leave a Comment / whistleblower / By max cyril

In 2011, a former executive at Monsanto, a large publicly traded company, raised concerns that the company was violating accounting rules and misstating its earnings. Despite being aware of these issues, Monsanto failed to remedy the accounting violations and continued to misstate earnings. Undeterred, the former executive reported his concerns to the U.S. Securities and …

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Stakes For All Workers Remain Huge In Verizon Strike

Ship Builder Settles $5 Million Lawsuit After Forcing Indians To Work And Live in Awful Conditions

Leave a Comment / immigration / By max cyril

A ship building and repair company will pay $5 million to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) race and national origin discrimination lawsuit with 476 Indian guest workers who worked at the company’s facilities after hurricanes Katrina and Rita. While Indian workers lived in squalid containers “the size of a double-wide trailer,” non-Indian …

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New Agreement Means $2.2M in Back Pay, New Work for Florida IATSE Members

Leave a Comment / unemployment, unions, Workplace Conditions, workplace issues, workplace safety / By max cyril

Stagehands in West Palm Beach, Fla., will secure regular work and share some $2.2 million in back pay after Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 500 and the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Artsreached agreement on a five-year contract that settles charges in a dispute that began in 2001. The agreement was reached in late December and approved today by …

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Employee Rights Short Takes: New Evidence Of Gender Pay Gap, Race Discrimination, Disability Discrimination And More

Leave a Comment / discrimination, equal pay, Gender Discrimination, race discrimination, Retaliation, women's issues / By max cyril

Here are a few short takes about employment discrimination stories that made the news this past week: New Evidence Of Gender Pay Gap And Discrimination Against Mothers In Management Women made little progress in climbing into management positions according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office yesterday. As of 2007, the last year …

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