Employment
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The First Circuit on Wednesday backed a Puerto Rico federal judge’s ruling granting a quick win to the island’s Sanofi-Aventis subsidiary in a case claiming the pharmaceutical company had wrongly laid off a marketing manager in favor of a younger coworker… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Florida air conditioning technician was unlawfully fired after he complained about overtime violations and a lack of protections for workers against contracting COVID-19, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday in Orlando… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Smithfield Foods Inc. won dismissal Tuesday of a federal lawsuit accusing the meat processor of putting workers at a Missouri facility in harm’s way during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a federal judge deciding that the plant workers’ claims would be better handled by regulators… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Female players who sued the U.S. Soccer Federation can’t go ahead with pay discrimination claims against the athletic organization because the women actually made more than their male counterparts, a California federal judge ruled Friday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Whataburger Restaurants LLC has agreed to pay $180,000 as part of a deal completed Monday that ends a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit accusing the fast-food chain of retaliating against an employee who refused to comply with a directive to hire white job applicants… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 