In the viral video age of YouTube, nothing we do or say is protected from public view. Such was the case of a leading university's basketball coach caught in the act of verbally and physically humiliating his players during a practice. The nationwide outcry that...
A Syracuse agency for the disabled ironically became the target of a discrimination lawsuit when a disabled employee filed a suit claiming it had violated the American with Disabilities Act.The employee, who is blind, claims the agency denied her access to an...
A Louisiana wholesale supplier of crayfish and seafood products has been fined almost $250,000 by the U.S Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division and the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).According to reports, the company was charged...
A Connecticut labor union has filed a complaint against its town, charging it retaliated on its employees who voted to unionize. The complaint, filed with the Department of Labor, states an employee was wrongfully terminated from her position as a result of her...
After months of allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct, and following multiple complaints against him from the Legislature, Dennis Gabryszak finally caved to the pressure and announced he would retire.After the story broke, the state assemblyman said he would...
Worker rights advocates recently met with the Syracuse Media Group editorial board to push for random federal safety inspections on New York dairy farms.The groups are seeking to protect the rights of farm workers and want to push forward a program that would...
Under the Affordable Care Act, lactating mothers are permitted to express breast milk at work. Those companies who deny that right run the risk of both gender and pregnancy discrimination. One 31-year-old worker at a glass factory in neighboring Pennsylvania is filing...
A former corporate executive has filed a breach of contract and wrongful termination suit in federal court against a large jewelry company. The former executive claims the company failed to pay him $1 million for his work on a $75 million deal between the company and...
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act is a bill that passed in the Senate and is currently waiting a vote in the House. The key nature of this bill points to a more global prevention of discrimination at the workplace based on gender or sexual orientation. Studies...
As the New Year ushers in major changes in the minimum wage affecting the little guy in a major city like New York, Boeing machinists are voting on a critical labor contract that could cost thousands of jobs and put billions of dollars in flux in our economy. Boeing...
