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Walmart changes military leave policy, agrees to pay up to $14 million for reservists’ claims

Marine Corps Times

Walmart and an Army reservist have reached an agreement to settle his claims regarding paid military leave that could ultimately pay up to $14 million to thousands of Guard and Reserve members.

Outten & Golden LLP Is Again the Sole Employee-Side Firm Among Law360 "Employment Practice Group of the Year" Winners

PRNewswire—Outten & Golden LLP

For the fifth year in a row, Law360 has selected Outten & Golden LLP as an "Employment Practice Group of the Year," and the only firm dedicated to representing employees ever included on the list.

"In a year often called unprecedented, this truly...

Nonprofit Gets Leftover Funds From Mario Batali Wage Deal

Law360 - Tim Ryan

A workers' rights nonprofit can receive the leftovers of a $5.25 million settlement that resolved a wage and hour lawsuit from waitstaff at Mario Batali's New York City restaurants, a federal magistrate judge has ruled, rejecting the celebrity chef's argument that the organization was ineligible because it previously worked with class counsel.

Outten & Golden LLP Files Class Action Lawsuit Over New York Life's Alleged Use of Arrest Records to Reject Job Applicants

PRNewswire—Outten & Golden LLP

A job applicant to New York Life filed a class action alleging that the company denied employment to her because of arrests that never resulted in conviction. The complaint specifically alleges that New York Life's uniform policy and practice, to deny applicants with such arrests, "flout[s] New York law, treating individuals as guilty of crimes for which they were never convicted, and inverting the fundamental U.S. legal principle that an individual is innocent until proven guilty."

New York City and State make it an unlawful discriminatory practice to deny employment to an...

Congress Pays $850,000 to Muslim Aides Targeted in Inquiry Stoked by Trump

New York TImes—Noam Scheiber and Nicholas Fandos

The House resolved wrongful termination claims by five Pakistani-American technology workers whose case was twisted into a right-wing conspiracy theory pushed by President Trump.

The House of Representatives quietly paid $850,000 this year to settle wrongful termination claims by five Pakistani-American technology specialists, after a set of routine workplace allegations against them morphed into fodder for right-wing conspiracy theories amplified by President Trump.

Together, the payments represent one of the largest known awards by the House to resolve...

La batalla legal de un beneficiario de DACA contra una compañía que se negó a contratarlo por su estatus migratorio

Univsion - Vilma Tarazona

David Rodríguez no obtuvo un empleo en la empresa Procter and Gamble porque es beneficiario de DACA.

Court Rejects Proctor & Gamble's Request for Immediate Appeal in Discrimination Case

MALDEF

A federal judge in Florida has rejected a request by Procter & Gamble to immediately appeal the judge’s earlier denial of summary judgment to the company.

Outten & Golden LLP and its Attorneys Named Among the Highest Ranks in the 2021 Editions of Best Lawyers and Best Law Firms

PRNEWSWIRE—OUTTEN & GOLDEN LLP

Outten & Golden LLP– the premier law firm representing employees, executives, and partners in employment litigation, transactional matters, and class actions – has again been named to the annual editions of Best Lawyers® and Best Law Firms.

Twenty-three Outten & Golden Attorneys Selected for the 2020 Edition of Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

PRNEWSWIRE—OUTTEN & GOLDEN LLP

Outten & Golden LLP, a premier law firm focused exclusively on representing employees, is pleased to announce that 23 attorneys from the firm's New York, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., offices have been named to the 2020 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars list. All of the honorees have been previously selected.

Outten & Golden Partner Jennifer Schwartz Is New President of the Marin Trial Lawyers Association

PRNEWSWIRE—OUTTEN & GOLDEN LLP

Outten & Golden LLP, the nation's foremost law firm representing employees in employment transactions and disputes, announces that Jennifer Schwartz will serve as president of the Marin Trial Lawyers Association (MTLA) for the 2020-21 term.

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