Employment Law – this week’s update features breastfeeding employee who claimed discrimination, U.S Supreme Court expansion of the SOX whistleblower protection and more.
Appeals Court Rules Against Breastfeeding Employee Who Claimed Discrimination by Jacob Gershman Published on Law Blog on WSJ
An opinion handed down by the Eight U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week described a difficult situation for one mother just back on the job from maternity leave… [ Read More ]
U.S. Supreme Court Expands SOX Whistleblower Protection to Employees of Private Contractors by Sheeva J. Ghassemi-Vanni and Michael A. Sands Published on jdsupra
In a landmark whistleblower decision by the United States Supreme Court, Lawson, et al. v. FMR LLC, et al., the Court held that the whistleblower protections under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“SOX”) apply not only to employees of public companies, but also to employees of private contractors and subcontractors who contract with public companies… [ Read More ]
Inside low-wage workers’ plan to sue McDonald’s — and win by Timothy Noah Published on msnbc
The wage theft lawsuits filed against McDonald’s last week in New York, Michigan and California threaten to breach a wall that for decades has protected fast-food corporations from the demands of minimum wage workers… [ Read More ]
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