Archive for January 27, 2023

A U.S. District Judge dismissed a former Lord & Taylor employee’s class-action lawsuit against Hudson’s Bay Company, a retail business group that sold Lord & Taylor to fashion rental company Le Tote in 2019. Hudson’s Bay retained a 25% equity stake in Le Tote, and two company board positions. 

According to the original complaint filed in January 2023, former employee Roxanne Cope worked at Lord & Taylor from 2013 until she was laid off in March 2020. Cope accepted the severance

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Amidst a market downturn, mortgage lending company Rocket has been hit with a class action lawsuit for allegedly failing to provide overtime compensation to its bankers. Rocket yielded its position  as the largest mortgage lender in 2022 when the Fed increased interest rates, subsequently increasing mortgage rates. In an attempt to condense its business expenses, Rocket offered two voluntary buyout programs, in April and August, for employees ready to part ways from the company with a severance. 

Following their leave, a

A senior managing director was fired from her job at an integrated financial services boutique after she reported gender discrimination and unequal pay. According to the complaint filed in January 2023, Ann Deaton was a leading financial manager – a “$2 million+ producer” ranked in the top 1% of female financial advisors in the United States. Prior to her termination from U.S. Capital Advisors (USCA), a Houston-based financial services company, Deaton had been at the company for twelve years and

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A former MGM Resorts International employee who was fired for rejecting his company’s vaccine mandate has filed a civil rights lawsuit in Nevada for religious discrimination. The casino and hotel chain required all salaried and new hire employees to be vaccinated before October 2021, with exceptions for remote workers. Ahead of the deadline, a beverage manager of MGM’S subsidiary Aria Resort & Casino filed for a religious exemption. 

Per the filed suit, Matthew Backe’s request for a religious exemption was denied,

FTC chair, Lina Khan, proposed a rule last week that would prohibit businesses from including non-compete clauses in their employment contracts with workers. Citing research that one in five workers are bound by a non-compete clause, Chairperson Khan also referenced a 1944 Supreme Court case to express that the clauses “undermine core economic liberties, burdening Americans’ ability to freely switch jobs.” 

Non-compete clauses are common contractual obligations for workers, especially in industries that require high levels of knowledge and skill. The

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During the pandemic, healthcare workers across the country faced difficult work conditions. Despite the high demand for these essential workers, being overworked and consequent burnout led many employees to quit in droves, thus creating a crisis of care that the healthcare industry is still struggling to recover from. One factor causing the shortage of healthcare workers has been the employees’ experience of wage theft, particularly amidst the pandemic which was also a crucial event that emphasized the importance of healthcare