In September 2014, the Department of Correctional Services in Lincoln, Nebraska fired Lyle Hunter, a stationary engineer in the prison system’s Central Utility Plant, after he suffered two work-related injuries. In the lawsuit that followed his termination, Mr. Hunter’s attorney argued that the Corrections Department violated the Nebraska Fair Employment…
In September, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against Dollar General for the hostile work environment an employee faced. In May 28, 2016, Dollar General hired an assistant store manager at its Rock Hall location. Within a week of her hiring, the store manager began sexually…
According to The New York Times, pregnancy discrimination is alive and well for women who work at large corporations throughout the United States. For example, a packer at Walmart who is 30 years old and a single mother was forced to get a note from her doctor so that she…
If you become ill as a result of your job or are injured at work, and you work in New York State, you likely have a valid workers’ compensation claim. How to go about filing your claim is important to ensure you receive the compensation you are due. Also, certain…
If you are a veteran with service-connected disabilities, you may be entitled to receive additional monthly payments above and beyond the basic compensation rates for some disabilities. The VA will pay additional compensation, called special monthly compensation (SMC) to veterans who, as a result of their service-related disabilities, have lost…
As if losing your house, a car, a pet, or a loved one were not enough, some victims of Hurricane Florence faced yet another challenge: loss of a job and, with that, an inability to rebuild their permanently altered lives. North Carolina is an at-will employment state, and, as a…
Over the next five years, the Department of Veterans Affairs is on track to waste over $100 million on tens of thousands of unnecessary medical examinations for disabled veterans. These figures have been released by the VA Inspector General in a report that came out earlier this summer. The IG’s…
When you declare bankruptcy, your credit score takes a hit. Although that may feel demoralizing, it is only a temporary situation. And after you declare, you can immediately start work rebuilding your credit. Obtain one or two credit cards. Do not overextend yourself, and pay off the balances every month….
No one anticipates getting into a car accident, but if you should be so unlikely as to find yourself involved in one, it is important to know how to respond to the situation to keep yourself as safe as possible. Immediately after the accident, you should stay at the scene,…
Earlier this summer, a Boeing employee won a racial harassment and discrimination lawsuit against his employer. One day last year, Roderick Marshall, who is black, was sitting at a workroom table in the Boeing facility where he worked. Opposite him sat a white worker who was fiddling with rope. He…
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