A customer service manager has filed a suit against the Kroger Texas store chain in which she claims she was the victim of retaliation. The suit claims that a co-worker at the Kroger Northwest Houston location had made unwanted and aggressive sexual advances. When she...
Month: July 2013
Texas college wage dispute turns into a painful waiting game
In what has become a costly and painful situation for a group of former employees of a Texas college, the waiting is entering its second year. In a wage dispute between the college and several former employees, differences in the amounts owed vary by degrees of up to...
Whistleblower settlement paid to Department of Labor employee
A recordkeeping official received a hefty settlement from an organization not usually involved in the pay-out side of employment disputes. The employee, who challenged his removal as a retaliation for his having acted as a whistleblower, received $820,000 from the...
Contract workers: A possible misclassification of employees?
It has been said that the more things change, the more they stay the same. This could be an appropriate statement in the case of some employers who are attempting to avoid a misclassification of employees issue by claiming that workers were hired as contract workers....
Texas whistleblower wins settlement for wrongful discharge
A Texas man who worked for the Port Arthur Housing Authority recently received a pre-trial settlement as a result of his wrongful discharge suit. The suit was filed in response to his termination and claimed that the wrongful discharge was in retaliation for having...