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Employees Who Worked During Lunch Hour
Entitled to Back Pay
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
A California court ruled that employees who are forced to work
during their lunch break are entitled to back wages of one hour a
day for as long as three years. According to labor union attorney
David Rosenfeld, this ruling means that employers will have to be
"much more careful about rest breaks and meal periods.''
Intel Pays for Letting Employee Suffer
Undue Amount of Stress
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Intel lost an appeal against a ruling that found the company
negligent for allowing an employee to suffer "debilitating
work-related stress." In May of 2006, Tracy Daw, an HR
professional, was awarded £114,764 for a nervous breakdown she
suffered after she was put in charge of integrating the payroll and
benefits of new employees acquired by the firm after a series of
mergers and acquisitions.
She basically performed the work of two people and received no help
from her employer. Although Intel offerered free counselling
for stressed out employees, the judge of first instance found that "counselling
service could be of little or no help to Miss Daw. It could not
reduce her workload."
Firefighter Receives $2.7 Million in
Compensation for Racially-Motivated Prank
Friday,
November 10, 2006
A black firefighter received $2.7 million to settle a lawsuit, which
was started when he was served dog food in his spaghetti by fellow
firefighters.
Female City Worker Receives £800,000
in Damages
Tuesday,
August 01, 2006
Helen Green, a female city worker victim of bullying at
work, received £800,000 in damages. She claimed she worked in a
"department from hell" as a group of female colleagues conspired to
make her life miserable.
Green stated in her lawsuit that she suffered psychiatric injury
because of "offensive, abusive, intimidating, denigrating, bullying,
humiliating, patronising, infantile and insulting words and
behaviour."
The breakdown of the damage award is as follows: £35,000 for pain
and suffering, £25,000 in respect of her disadvantage on the labour
market, £128,000 for past loss of earnings, and about £640,000 for
future loss of earnings including pension. In addition to the
damage award, the employer, a bank, will also have to pay Green's
legal costs.
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