In a significant victory for California employers, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated a $102 million award against a major retailer in a suit alleging that the employer violated the California Labor Code’s wage statement and meal-break provisions.
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Covid-related litigation and complaints have steadily risen throughout the pandemic, with California and New Jersey, seeing the most filings, according to Jackson Lewis, an employment and labor law firm that tracks these numbers.
Experts say it s likely to increase as courts wade through a backlog of cases and government agencies deal with pent-up claims. The employment practices liability carriers are very mindful of the additional claims activity that hasn t yet materialized, said Kelly Thoerig, a U.S. employment practices liability coverage leader at consulting firm Marsh McLennan.
Employers are walking a tightrope in organizing a return to work, fraught with liability and risk, she said.
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On April 6, 2021, the total number of COVID-19-related employment complaints filed in United States courts passed the 2,000 mark. Although it took eight months to reach the first 1,000 complaints (March–November 2020), it took less than five months to go from 1,000 to 2,000. Indeed, December 2020 through March 2021 included the four busiest months for new COVID-19-related employment complaints since the start of the pandemic.
As the country accelerates past the 2,000-complaint milestone, we note the following facts and trends using Jackson Lewis’ COVID-19 Employment LitWatch:
States with the most complaints filed are
CAT attorneys detail âexcessive spendingâ as a reason for CEO firing
CAT attorneys detail âexcessive spendingâ as a reason for CEO firing By Jessica Savage | March 2, 2021 at 3:48 PM EST - Updated March 3 at 6:59 PM
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Attorneys for Chatham Area Transit claimed the former CEO spent tens of thousands of dollars on legal advice about âroutine issues.â
The claim is part of CATâs response to a whistleblower lawsuit filed by former CEO Bacarra Mauldin.
CATâs board of directors terminated her contract on Jan. 26.
Yet the detailed legal response to the lawsuit is the first time the public transit agency has explained why the board âlost confidenceâ in Mauldinâs ability to run the agency.