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Lowe’s settles disability bias claim with EEOC for $8.6M

06/09/2016
National home-improvement chain Lowe’s has settled charges it violated the ADA when it terminated employees after they exhausted the amount of leave the company permitted.

Target warehouse workers allege overtime law violations

06/09/2016
Retail giant Target could face a class-action lawsuit in federal court in New York.

Petty slights aren’t grounds for a lawsuit

06/09/2016
Some workers are thin-skinned and seem to think that little annoyances can add up to a discrimination or retaliation lawsuit. Fortunately, that’s not true.

Transfer won’t be considered adverse if duties don’t substantially change

06/09/2016
Want to transfer an employee to give her a fresh start after settling an informal complaint? As long as her job remains essentially the same and the position isn’t radically different, such a move probably won’t be viewed as retaliation or another instance of discrimination.

Discipline with care after FMLA leave: Build solid, performance-based case

06/09/2016
Employees can’t be held responsible for work not performed while they are out on FMLA medical leave. But that doesn’t mean employers are powerless to discipline an employee for poor performance that’s not related to the medical leave.

Harrisburg union official sentenced for wire fraud

06/03/2016
The former president of a Pennsyl­vania state employees union has been sentenced to house arrest and probation after pleading guilty to federal fraud charges.

Pharma scientists indicted for stealing trade secrets

06/03/2016
Two GlaxoSmithKline scientists, one from Pennsylvania, are among five people charged with stealing trade secrets related to an anti-cancer drug the pharmaceutical giant is developing.

Lawyer hoped for Philly, had to settle for Harrisburg

06/03/2016
Some federal courts may be perceived as more favorable to employees because of the demographic pool from which they draw jurors.

Lawler Foods to pay $1M to settle race bias charges

06/03/2016
Houston-based Lawler Foods will pay $1,042,000 to settle charges it discriminated against applicants who aren’t of Hispanic origin. Three black applicants filed discrimination charges after Lawler refused to hire them.

EEOC sues Murphy Oil for ADA violations

06/02/2016

Murphy Oil Corp., the San Antonio company that operates Murphy USA gas stations typically located in Walmart parking lots in over 20 states, violated federal law by firing a store manager because of his disability, the EEOC charges in a lawsuit filed in May.