Employment
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A Wisconsin federal judge on Friday slashed a jury’s $5.2 million award against Walmart to $300,000 in a U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission suit claiming the retail behemoth illegally pushed out a longtime employee with a disability who needed a job coach… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has loosened requirements for employers to give workers notice before laying them off in large numbers, as part of an executive order aimed at containing the economic fallout from the COVID-19 outbreak… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Massachusetts federal judge tossed a proposed class action by a T-Mobile USA Inc. employee who accused the manager of the company’s 401(k)plan, Fidelity, of operating a so-called pay-to-play scheme in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, with the judge finding the worker couldn’t show the companies acted like fiduciaries… Read this piece…
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Workers who staffed a Walmart fulfillment center in Chino, California, lost a bid for a new trial against the retail behemoth after a Golden State federal judge said Tuesday that he saw no reason to upend a $6.1 million jury verdict in the workers’ favor… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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UPS Ground Freight Inc. has lost a battle against California workplace safety authorities after a California state appeals court in Los Angeles upheld a lower court ruling backing a regulator’s decision to cite the company for failing to pay for protective footwear… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 