DALLAS — A federal court in Texas granted back pay and compensatory damages to an employee who says her former employer sexually harassed her on a daily basis, then fired her for not deleting his harassing text messages. The punitive damages she requested are denied because, in combination with her other damages, they would exceed statutory limits.
Tesla posted record deliveries of more than 1.8 million electric vehicles worldwide in 2023, but the value of its shares has eroded quickly this year as EV sales have soften.
The high court declined to implement additional requirements for sex discrimination claims on job transfers.
This is the second formal request for a panel of experts to review a labor dispute since the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement in 2020.
The governors said they want to continue to grow manufacturing in their states, but a successful union drive will “stop this growth in its tracks, to the detriment of American workers.”
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal court in Arkansas denied summary judgment to the city of McGhee, which was sued by a female paramedic it fired after she refused a new schedule that required her to work 96 consecutive hours. The city has not provided a legitimate, non-retaliatory explanation for why she would be required to work 96 straight hours.
BOSTON — A federal court in Massachusetts ruled in favor of the University of Massachusetts, which was sued by an RA who was inappropriate with female students and claims his discipline, which included a remedial behavior class and a ban from campus housing, was unfair. Universities’ duty to protect their students from others’ misconduct overrides his complaints, and his behavior, including unwanted touching of a student’s feet, amounted to sexual misconduct.
PHILADELPHIA — A federal court in Pennsylvania denied a spa’s motion for summary judgment after a licensed massage therapist sued it for allegedly firing her for requesting a cart she could lean on during massages to accommodate her injured ankle. The spa says she got into a verbal altercation with another spa employee, who she was romantically linked to, and who brandished a gun and threatened her life at work.
Daniel Snyder was fired after posting a comment saying it is an “abomination to God” to use of the rainbow flag to symbolize support for LGBTQ rights.
Although many of the union’s problems are internal, it also continues to face roadblocks from Amazon.
The Labor Department accuses a group of Southern California businesses of employing children to use sharp knives to debone raw poultry.
