The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued Henry’s Turkey Service in Atalissa for workplace mistreatment on behalf of 32 mentally disabled men who worked at the plant. These workers lived in the plant’s bunkhouse and were only paid $65 a month for their work. However, that was the least of their problems. According to news [...]
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After winning a landmark sex discrimination case in 2011, Walmart’s attorneys are headed back to court. This time the claim is not one of sex discrimination, but a woman claiming denial of disability benefits, after 20 years of loyal service to the retail mogul. Disability Case Background In 1986 Julie Heimeshoff began her career with [...]
Paralegal Sues Employer for Asking Her to Be His Third Wife
A paralegal named Sarbrina Rafi has sued her boss, attorney James R. Ray, in federal court in Manhattan claiming he sexually harassed her. Rafi’s Allegations: According to ABA Journal, Rafi sexual harassment allegations include the following: He talked to her about pornography He frequently spoke to her about the benefits of polygamy He asked her [...]
Teacher Fired After Giving Student a Bible
A substitute teacher in Phillipsburg, N.J. named Walt Tutka was suspended and then terminated from his job as a substitute teacher after giving a student a pocket-sized Bible. In his complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Tutka alleges that the School District not only discriminated against him based on religion, but they also acted in [...]
Rutgers basketball coach, Mike Rice, was fired on Wednesday after a very disturbing video showing him abusing his basketball players aired on ESPN. In the video Rice uses racist slurs and physically assaults his players. Accordng to CNN News, the video features excerpts of practice sessions shot between 2010 and 2012. As a result of [...]
