California State Worker Given $1 Million in Whistleblower Case
California’s state hospital system and three of its workers must forfeit a joint $1 million reward to a state hospital psychologist subsequent to a jury deciding she was forced to state pronounce psychologically unwell patients fit for trial utilizing dubious evaluation techniques and then terminated for revealing the procedure. Napa State Hospital psychologist Melody Jo […]
California Hospital to Forfeit $975,000 to Resolve Racial Harassment, Discrimination Case
On September 17, 2012, a California hospital had consented to forfeit a $975,000 payment in harassment and discrimination case that claimed the employer produced an aggressive work atmosphere for Filipino employees. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Asian Pacific American Legal Center took legal action against California-based Delano Regional Medical Center in […]
Gucci Struck with Class Action Claim over Wage and Labor Violations
On July 23, 2014, Gucci had been hit with a class action claim, which asserted that the Italian design house fell short of sufficiently compensating its workers. Janine Oda and Gissella Velasquez filed the complaint in California Superior Court in Los Angeles in support of themselves and other anonymous staff members who had worked at […]
Wells Fargo Instructed to Forfeit $203 Million in Overdraft Case
On May 15, 2013, a federal judge had again instructed Wells Fargo & Co. to forfeit $203 million to resolve class action litigation charging it with enforcing unnecessary overdraft cost on checking account customers, restoring a reward that had been dismissed in 2012. On May 14, 2013, U.S. District Judge William Alsup re-established a fine […]