Sentences with phrase «claim by a former employee»

Texas charters achieved a major victory on March 15th when the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) upheld a June 2017 Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) decision dismissing a concerted activity claim by a former employee of Universal Academy on the grounds that the NLRB does not have jurisdiction over Texas public charter schools under -LSB-...]

Texas charters achieved a major victory on March 15th when the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) upheld a June 2017 Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) decision dismissing a concerted activity claim by a former employee of Universal Academy on the grounds that the NLRB does not have jurisdiction over Texas public charter schools under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).

He also declined to comment on whether he was involved in a legal settlement for a sexual harassment claim by a former employee in 2012.

Sexual harassment in the workplace is in the spotlight after widespread publicity of claims by a former employee at technology firm Uber.

Under Maine law, an employer has a qualified privilege against a defamation claim by a former employee, meaning as long as the employer is truthful and does not act maliciously, it is immune from liability.

As for claims by former employees Francesca and Elisabetta Grillo — who are standing trial accused of using misusing the former couple's credit cards — that Nigella was a habitual cocaine user while married to him, Saatchi said: «Like you, I like proof.

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In a court ruling authorizing the arrests, Brazilian federal judge André Duszczak said «Faria and other BRF officers sought to cover up claims of possible food contamination, as shown in certain laboratory tests, made by a former employee in a labor lawsuit.»

Among the eight investors, partners and former employees of Giza interviewed by CNBC, all claim they have never seen Marco Fike's face.

The NBA owner and star of ABC's Shark Tank responded to the Sports Illustrated report by denying any previous knowledge of the allegations against the two former employees, with the billionaire claiming that he was «not involved in the day to day» of the business.

Since Buckley bought EPLI in 1999, his company has been hit — unfairly, he claims — with two wrongful - termination suits filed by former employees.

In response to Fortune «s request for comment, Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung sent a campaign statement saying, «These outlandish, unsubstantiated, and totally false claims fabricated by publicity hungry, opportunistic, disgruntled former employees, have no merit whatsoever.»

The lawsuit comes after a week of grueling headlines for Uber, which has been dealing with claims of widespread sexism and sexual harassment by a former employee.

But Monday's lawsuit, filed by former Tesla employee Marcus Vaughn, is the first to bring those claims on behalf of a large class of black workers at the automaker's Fremont, California factory.

Employment practices liability insurance, or EPLI as you may have heard it called, provides protection to companies who have employees against claims by current or former employees for things like discrimination, wrongful termination, or sexual harassment.

The company is still reeling from a blog post written by Susan Fowler, a former Uber employee, who claimed she was sexually harassed by a manager at the company and was ignored when she complained to the human resources department.

In a deposition taken in mid-December near San Francisco, Joe Sullivan, Uber's security chief from 2015 to 2017, said that the most explosive claims made by another former Uber employee of unethical and illegal behavior by members of his security team were false.

A half - dozen female former Mavericks or American Airlines Center employees contacted by SI claim that they left the sports sector because of a work environment and structure that left them feeling vulnerable and devalued while protecting — and continuing to employ — powerful men who misbehaved.

The county settled a lawsuit with Dhyalma Vazquez, a former county employee, who claimed she was dismissed due to her involvement with the Independence Party in Westchester County, a ballot line whose chairman has been sharply criticized by Astorino.

Former employees of some of the charities created by Diaz took their claims of abuses to state and federal investigators years ago, according to interviews.

They said «Over the course of the author's reporting, Amazon facilitated meetings for him with more than half a dozen senior Amazon executives, during which he had every opportunity to inquire about or fact - check claims made by former employees.

Compare that to the anti-terrestrial food USGS press release issued last year, with biologist Karen Rode as lead author (but co-authored by former USGS employee Steve Amstrup) that hit back hard on claims that land - based foods make a survival difference (see previous post here)[my bold]:

The ferocity of National Grid's pursuit of its former employees is emphasised by the fact that it claimed a sum of # 5.26 m plus costs, which the judge found to be far in excess of what the defendants were alleged to have received from their dishonest activities.

He has extensive experience navigating and litigating disputes alleging misappropriation of trade secrets and violations of restrictive covenants by former employees and competitors, as well as claims of patent infringement, false advertising and other acts of unfair competition.

A recent highlight saw Bainbridge act for a national charity in a dispute with a former employee who breached a compromise agreement by making statements to an international journal, and representing QCR Recycling Equipment against a competitor that allegedly made repeated defamatory statements and malicious falsehood claims.

The firm advised one of Asia's most prominent private equity firms on a dispute relating to a former employee's termination of employment and their alleged entitlement to carried interest; EFG International's proposed acquisition of BSI Bank Singapore's private banking business — a $ 1.3 bn (# 1bn) deal that would form one of the largest private banks in Switzerland; and a multi-million claim by a former c - suite executive against Noble Group for unpaid dividends, bonuses, stock options and shares.

Acting (led by Paul McGrath QC) in the Commercial Court for a FTSE 100 company in claims of conspiracy and breach of fiduciary duty against former employees and other individuals relating to the misappropriation of funds.

As framed by the Court of Appeal for Ontario, there were three issues presented on the appeal: (1) whether the appellant, as a former employee of Pitney Bowes, was entitled to coverage under the Manulife Policy; (2) whether the appellant submitted a timely proof of claim; and (3) whether the one - year contractual limitation period in the policy barred the appellant's claim.

The plaintiff, a former employee at U.S. Steel's Fairfield Works, claimed that U.S. Steel interfered with her right to benefits guaranteed by the FMLA, and discharged her from employment in retaliation for her attempt to take FMLA leave.

Acted in High Court Queen's Bench Division, and Technology and Construction Court proceedings against former employees of the quant fund and in Chancery Division proceedings in which it was the defendant in relation to claims by one of its founders to intellectual property rights in the software.

There were injunctive proceedings in the High Court, Queen's Bench Division brought by the distributor based on claims of misuse of confidential information breaches of contract by its former employees (who had joined Vodafone).

Received favorable decision from New Jersey Federal District Court dismissing age and disability discrimination claims of former employees involving comments not previously addressed by the Federal Courts in the applicable Circuit.

So the issue of crisis PR was very much in my mind when I picked up yesterday's Boston Globe and read that a former Bingham McCutchen associate, Michelle Moor, was claiming the firm failed to promptly investigate her allegation that she had been drugged at a firm holiday party, that another female associate had been drugged and raped a year earlier by a Bingham employee, and that a Bingham employee remarked at a firm dinner that he enjoyed giving women date - rape drugs and having sex with them.

Robert Allen Qualified: 2004 Made partner: 2015 Key cases: Advising a retail bank in relation to litigation and regulatory issues concerning payment protection insurance and related consumer credit claims; acting for an academic institution defending claims brought by a former employee under the Data Protection Act 1998.

We are also well placed to assist in the event of a claim being brought against your company by former employees.

Defended a government contractor in a six day jury trial against claims of breach of contract and violation of the District of Columbia Uniform Trade Secrets Act brought by a former employee in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

The High Court heard a record 167 disputes over confidential business information «theft» last year, the majority being civil claims brought by businesses against former employees.

Recent matters include successfully defending a mesothelioma claim made by a former employee of the client, and acting for Markerstudy in the successful dismissal of personal injury claims that were found to be fundamentally dishonest.

An employer ordered by the Ontario Small Claims Court to pay severance despite having provided their former employee a total of sixty - two (62) weeks working notice and ex gratia payment upon termination.

For example, in the case of Fiberglass Coatings, Inc. v. Interstate Chemical, Inc., a Florida trial court judge ruled in favor of the new employer and dismissed the tortious interference claim brought by the former employer based on hiring the employee who had a non-compete contract.

The claim was brought by 4,800 current and former female employees of the Bank of America's brokerage division and brokers at Merrill Lynch.

Claim by a former employer regarding collection of outstanding benefits advanced to employee and not repaid on resignation of employment

Chicago Labor & Employment partner Frank Saibert authored this column discussing gender - based harassment claims by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against a large warehouse club on behalf of former Costco employee.

For example, a claim for discrimination in the workplace is not limited to being heard by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (the «Tribunal») if the employee also has a wrongful dismissal or tort claim against his or her former employer.

All Claims are brought by, or on behalf of, former Iraqi employees of the Defendants in Iraq, and all those contracted via third parties to offer services to the Defendants in Iraq between 2003 and 2009 and seek damages from one or more of the Defendants alleged injuries and / or financial losses caused by the alleged failure of one or more of the Defendants to adequately protect them or their Deceased relatives from risk of threats and / or injury from those opposed to the Defendants» presence in Iraq.

Kistruck v Battersea Dogs» Home: harassment on ground of sexual orientation Successfully represented Respondent in claim involving allegations that a lesbian junior employee had been sexually harassed at work by her lesbian boss, following the break up of their former romantic relationship.

Among the firm's most significant results were wins on behalf of Kleiner Perkins in a gender discrimination case brought by former partner Ellen Pao, DISH Network in its copyright fight with the four major U.S. broadcast networks, MobileIron in a patent infringement suit against rival Good Technology, and Broadcom in a Dodd - Frank retaliation claim brought by a former employee.

The problem is that the breach of contract claim in BCCI was in respect of pecuniary loss suffered by its former employees arising from the stigma of having worked for a discredited organisation.

Won class action trial in 13 - year - old lawsuit filed by former employees and retirees of Connecticut who claimed entitlement to proceeds from Anthem's US$ 2bn demutualization and IPO.

HYPO # 5: A client filed a grievance against me, and is claiming that my $ 15,000 flat fee to defend a small business owner against a lawsuit by a former employee was unreasonable when I managed to resolve the case with a letter and a couple of phone calls.

Q We reimbursed fees as part of the settlement of a claim brought by a former employee — can we recover those?