TL;DR Summary A federal case exposed how Enterprise Rent-A-Car and its corporate parent, Enterprise Holdings, systematically denied overtime pay to assistant branch managers across the United States. The company classified these employees as “exempt” from overtime under the Fair Labor…
TL;DR The GEO Group, one of the largest private prison contractors in the United States, systematically extracted labor from immigrant detainees under coercive conditions while receiving lucrative federal contracts. Detainees were paid $1 per day for essential facility work such…
A federal court case revealed that Global Wholehealth Products Corporation (GWHP), under the leadership of executives and promoters including Joshua and Jamie Yafa, engaged in a coordinated stock manipulation scheme during the COVID-19 pandemic. The operation inflated share prices through…
At the heart of the Vichio v. US Foods, Inc. lawsuit lies a story of systemic corporate misconduct hidden behind performance reviews and internal memos. A respected 54-year-old warehouse supervisor, Nicholas Vichio, was rapidly targeted and terminated after a new,…
TLDR Cracker Barrel Old Country Store was accused by a group of its own employees of systematically underpaying tipped workers in violation of federal labor law. Cracker Barrel’s wage practices (specifically its use of “tip credits”) shorted thousands of employees…
TL;DR: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that Earth Laboratories, Inc., a pesticide producer in Evansville, Indiana, violated federal pesticide reporting laws three times… submitting one incomplete report and two late ones. The company agreed to pay a $1,300…
Seattle Arena Company, LLC (the operator of Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena) was found by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to have repeatedly failed to report hazardous chemicals stored at its facility, including large quantities of anhydrous ammonia and sulfuric…
Caterpillar Inc. (the industrial giant famed for building the construction machines which move the world) allegedly forced out one of its longest-serving engineers through a deceptive “performance action plan” that was impossible to complete. After nearly four decades of service…
TL;DR:For 35 years, Griffith Foods International and its successor Sterigenics emitted the toxic chemical ethylene oxide into the air of Willowbrook, Illinois, exposing thousands of residents to carcinogenic pollution. The emissions (authorized by a state permit that lacked firm limits)a…
TL;DR:A worker at Precision Auto Body quit his job after being denied fair treatment and humane working conditions. The Arizona Supreme Court later upheld his disqualification from unemployment benefits, even though his grievances revealed systemic flaws in how corporations exploit…