Labor violations include unsafe working conditions, unfair wages, and exploitation of workers, leading to physical and psychological harm. These violations can cause severe injuries, chronic health issues, and even death to the workers. Furthermore, by undermining fair labor practices, these violations contribute to economic disparities, perpetuating cycles of poverty and social instability.
Worker Privacy • Biometric Data • Illinois Supreme Court Your Fingerprint. Their Profit. Zero Permission. White Castle scanned workers’ fingerprints hundreds of times without consent, racked up what could be $17 billion in legal exposure, and then asked a court…
Labor Law / Wage Theft / Luxury Retail Dressed Up as Managers, Paid Like Workers, Robbed Like Both EvilCorporations.com | Investigative Labor Desk TL;DR Dover Street Market New York, one of the world’s most exclusive luxury retailers, labeled its floor…
TL;DR The Law: In 2018, voters in Anaheim, California, passed a Living Wage Ordinance (LWO) requiring hospitality employers who benefit from a “City Subsidy” to pay a higher minimum wage. The Deal: A 1996 financial agreement obligated the City of…
TL;DR Virginia Tech fired a long-term employee named John Massey after he had surgery for a double hernia and took just ten days of medical leave. Massey sued under the Rehabilitation Act, which protects workers with disabilities from retaliation, but…
TL;DR Dr. Lisa Menninger, Executive Director at clinical research giant PPD Development, told her employer she had social anxiety disorder and asked for reasonable workplace accommodations in early 2018. PPD’s HR leadership immediately began plotting to push her out, coaching…
TL;DR FS Blinds, a Houston-area window blind company, paid three workers flat fees per job, refused to track their hours, and called them “independent contractors” to dodge federal overtime law. Those workers (Jose Flores, Jean Romero-Rodriguez, and Brandon Villarreal) reported…
Labor Abuse Investigation | Hotel Industry | California The Bogus Hiring Process How Hotel Bel-Air’s Ownership Rigged a Job Fair to Erase 152 Union Workers Source: U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit | Opinion Filed October 18, 2023 | Kava…
EvilCorporations.com | Labor & Franchise Abuse | August 2023 7-Eleven Takes Half Your Profits and Calls You “Independent” TL;DR 7-Eleven forces franchisees to hand over approximately 50 percent of every store’s gross profits as a mandatory “7-Eleven Charge,” then legally…
EvilCorporations.com — Investigative Report — August 2023 AT&T: How Millions Were Siphoned from Worker RetirementsThe Hidden Fee Scandal That Betrayed Hundreds of Thousands of Employees TL;DR AT&T let its retirement plan’s recordkeeper, Fidelity, quietly collect millions of dollars in hidden…
EvilCorporations.com | Labor & Wage Theft | August 2023 Exposed: Nonprofit Labor Scheme They Called It Therapy. The Courts Called It Wage Theft. TL;DR Cenikor Foundation, a nonprofit drug rehab, sent thousands of patients to work for companies like Walmart,…