Negotiated and resolved several wrongful
termination actions acting as both employer and employee counsel quickly and efficiently.
Not exact matches
(b) The offeror understands that any inaccurate data provided to the Department of Transportation may subject the offeror, its subcontractors, its employees, or its representatives to: (1) prosecution for false statements pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1001 and / or; (2) enforcement
action for false claims or statements pursuant to the Program Fraud Civil Remedies
Act of 1986, 31 U.S.C. 3801 - 3812 and 49 CFR Part 31 and / or; (3)
termination for default under any contract resulting from its offer and / or; (4) debarment or suspension.
Despite the fact that section 97 of the Employment Standards
Act (ESA) specifies that an employee who files a complaint with the MOL for unpaid
termination and severance pay under the ESA can not commence a civil proceeding for wrongful dismissal if the complaint and the proceeding would relate to the same matter, 236 of the class members who had filed a complaint under the ESA had joined the class
action suit.
After reviewing the course of
action that the owner took upon learning about the smoking complaints (including attempts to negotiate an early
termination of the lease), the Judge concluded that the owner had satisfied his obligation under section 119 of the Condominium
Act, 1998 as he had taken all reasonable steps to ensure the tenants complied with the corporation's rules.
The Agency
Act sets that the limitation of
action is one year after the
termination of the agreement although case law considers that this period can be interrupted (and starting again) by sending extra-judicial claims (using, for example, a burofax) provided that no more than one year elapses between each interruption.
Some of the most common are wrongful
termination, discrimination, retaliation, violations of the Family Medical Leave
Act, violations of the Fair Employment and Housing
Act, Violations of the California Family Rights
Act, privacy breaches (e.g. disclosure of a medical condition to someone who did not need to know), contract breaches, unfair bargaining and / or union and labor law disputes, unpaid wages, unpaid overtime, failure to pay minimum wage for all hours worked, failure to provide proper pay stubs, failure to pay for unused vacation days upon resignation or
termination, failure to pay for all hours worked within 72 hours of quitting, failure to pay for all hours worked immediately upon leaving when the employee gives fair notice or resignation to the employer, failure to keep adequate records, failure to produce employment records upon request, failure to provide wage and pay information upon hiring, misclassification of an hourly employee as an exempt employee, misclassification of an hourly employee as an independent contractor, work place bullying, sexual harassment, disparate impact, disparate treatment, class
actions for failure to pay wages and over time, class
actions for failure to provide meal and rest breaks, and class
actions for failure to reimburse employees for expenses.
Later, these dealers launched a class
action lawsuit against GM, alleging that GM breached its duty to
act in good faith when it required that they respond to the
termination proposal within only six days.
Represented pharmaceutical company in False Claims
Act qui tam
action alleging improper marketing activities and wrongful
termination, which resulted in a negotiated resolution.
Courts now look at whether the behavior constitutes harassment under Title VII of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964, then whether the plaintiff actually suffered adverse employment
action, such as
termination, demotion, undesirable reassignment, decrease in benefits, or failure to be promoted as a result of the supervisor's
actions.