Employment

Juanita Ramone claims McKinley County suspended her without pay for a week for speaking her native language, Navajo, though co-workers are allowed to speak Spanish. She demands punitive damages for discrimination in Albuquerque Federal Court.

Years of sexual harassment from the Shelby County Sheriff's Department culminated when Commander William Cash summoned a deputy to his office and told her to dance for him with the lights off, the woman claims in a $1 million sex discrimination claim in Memphis Federal Court.

Class-action complaints alleging Labor Code violations have been filed against these defendants: Brink's Global Services USA, and CBC Framing, in Los Angeles Superior Court; Grant Thornton LLP, in San Francisco Federal Court; KFC, in San Diego Superior Court; KPMG, and Central Concrete Supply Co., in Alameda County Court, Oakland; Family Dollar Stores, in Nashville Federal Court; 3 Boys Market, in Multnomah County Court, Ore.; Efficient Attic Systems, in Dallas Federal Court; Pacific Satellite and DirectSAT USA, Friar Tux Shop, LND Films, and NNC Management and ADP Totalsource, in Los Angeles Superior Court; Safetouch Inc., in Jacksonville Federal Court; Image Storehouse.com, in Duval County Court, Fla.; Expert Sales & Service Corp., and MGC Fort Pierce Corp., in Fort Pierce, Fla., Federal Court; and Stonetree Landscapes, in Chicago Federal Court.

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