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Kentucky Man Fired Following Panic Attack in Response to Unwanted Birthday Party Receives $450,000

May 10, 2022 | Working Solutions NYC Filed Under: Reasonable Accommodation

In 2019, a Kentucky man was fired after having a panic attack in response to an unwanted office birthday celebration. Kevin Berling had been working for Gravity Diagnostics for about 10 months when he asked his manager not to plan any sort of party or celebration for his upcoming

EEOC Pursues Case for Gig Workers in Algorithmic Age Discrimination Case

May 10, 2022 | Working Solutions NYC Filed Under: General (ADEA)

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has charged the English-learning platform iTutorGroup Inc. for violating Federal rules on age discrimination. The online platform pairs thousands of United States-based tutors with Chinese students to help them learn the English language. 

Similar to gig economy jobs available on American platforms Uber or

Former Apple Attorney Reprimanded for Reporting Domestic Abuse

May 5, 2022 | Working Solutions NYC Filed Under: General (HR)

A former patent attorney at Apple recently published a personal article on Lioness explaining the company’s disregard for her domestic abuse claims against another co-worker. Jayna Whitt, who joined Apple in 2006 as a patent attorney and principal counsel, brought emotional and physical abuse claims forward against a co-worker whom

Frontier Reaches Settlement in Recent Pregnancy Discrmination Lawsuit

April 29, 2022 | Working Solutions NYC Filed Under: Pregnancy Discrimination

Following two pregnancy discrimination lawsuits in a span of two years, Frontier Airlines reached an agreement to reassess its policies regarding pregnant and nursing employees earlier this week. Frontier faced these lawsuits after several women who were pregnant, breastfeeding, or had recently given birth accused the airline of discrimination. In

PepsiCo Faces Unpaid Wages Class Action Lawsuit Following Cyberattack

April 29, 2022 | Working Solutions NYC Filed Under: Wage & Hour Class Actions

In December 2021, a cyberattack struck the beverage giant PepsiCo, locking workers out of their timekeeping system. The hack left workers without a reliable way to clock in and out of their shifts and disrupted the company’s ability to track employees’ wages and hours. Rather than creating a new system

Massachusetts Supreme Court Triples Wage Protections for Workers

April 27, 2022 | Working Solutions NYC Filed Under: Wage & Hour (MA)

Earlier this month, the Massachusetts Supreme Court Justices ruled that employees terminated in the state are entitled to triple their accrued wages if employers do not settle financial obligations the same day they separate. 

This is a significant decision that holds employers accountable for their employees’ due earnings without

Apple Workers Secure $30 Million in Decade-Long Wage Lawsuit

April 27, 2022 | Working Solutions NYC Filed Under: General (FLSA)

In November of last year, Apple workers finally ended a decade-long wage lawsuit against the tech giant. The lawsuit, originally filed in 2013, accused Apple of underpaying workers by forcing them to clock out before bag searches at the end of the day. Apple conducted these bag searches to

CBD Store Owners Reach Settlement in Overtime Lawsuit

April 26, 2022 | Working Solutions NYC Filed Under: Overtime

Earlier this year, an hourly sales associate sued the operators of two CBD shops in Texas for unpaid overtime in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Jay and Jamie Ashley are the owners and managers of two CBD USA Plus franchises, Sherman Hemp LLC and Ashten LLC.

Activision Blizzard Settles EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit for $18 Million 

April 20, 2022 | Working Solutions NYC Filed Under: General (Sex Harassment)

Earlier this year, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) sued Activision Blizzard for creating a “frat boy” culture of “constant sexual harassment.” Along with sexual harassment, the lawsuit accuses the video game giant of gender discrimination and pregnancy discrimination. The suit alleges that female employees were

Uber Reaches $8.4 Million Settlement for Driver Misclassification Lawsuit

April 20, 2022 | Working Solutions NYC Filed Under: General (FLSA)

The driver misclassification suit against the prominent ride-share company, Uber, reached a preliminary deal last month. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California after several Uber drivers in the state filed misclassification claims which prevented them from receiving full employment benefits. The

DOL Sues New Jersey Company for Overtime Wage Violations

April 12, 2022 | Working Solutions NYC Filed Under: Overtime

In May of 2020, the Department of Justice (DOL) filed a lawsuit against FTR Electrical & HVAC Services for denying its employees their overtime wages. The New Jersey-based company faced accusations of violating several parts of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The DOJ filed the suit in the US

Remote Workers Earn Ensured Protection with WARN Act

April 12, 2022 | Working Solutions NYC Filed Under: General (WARN)

Since March 2020, companies have faced unique challenges in deciding how to manage cohorts of employees under shifting global forces. Some major companies, struggling to keep up with supply-chain issues and economic downturns, chose to lay off mass numbers of their workers. Other businesses adapted to the new pandemic-posed hurdles

Comcast Faces Wage and Hour Class Action Lawsuit

April 7, 2022 | Working Solutions NYC Filed Under: Wage & Hour Class Actions

Comcast and its recruiting agency Robert Half International are currently facing a wage and hour class action lawsuit filed by former employee Trevor Scott. In the lawsuit filed last month in Pennsylvania federal court, Scott alleges that he and other incident managers worked over 40 hours a week without

President Biden Signs New Act Creating New Paths for Victims of Workplace Sexual Misconduct 

April 7, 2022 | Working Solutions NYC Filed Under: Sexual Harassment

On March 3, 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law an act to permit victims of workplace sexual misconduct the right to seek justice in a court room. Traditionally, employers force employees to address any legal matters through arbitration.

The Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment


Google Faces Yet Another Racial Discrimination Lawsuit

March 31, 2022 | Working Solutions NYC Filed Under: General (Race Discrimination)

Earlier this month, a former Google employee filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the tech giant. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court by April Curley. Curley worked for Google from 2014 to 2020, when she was terminated. During her time with the company, Curley facilitated programs that

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