Legislation has been introduced in 13 states, including Washington, to allow employee lawsuits against employers for bullying or offensive behavior even when the conduct is not illegal harassment under discrimination laws. For an interesting article on these bills see "No Putting Up With Putdowns". No state has enacted one of these so-called workplace bullying laws. … Read More
Archives for February 18, 2008
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Overtime and Misclassification Class Action Goes Forward Against FedEx
A federal district court judge in California has certified a class action of former managers suing for overtime pay. The managers argue that they were improperly classified from overtime because most of their time was spent doing manual labor rather than managerial tasks. The case is Wiegele v. Fedex Ground Package System Inc. A copy… Read More