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.
TL;DR Registered nurse Brenda Brenyah sued Corpus Christi Medical Center (CCMC) in 2021, alleging racial and national-origin harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and disability discrimination. On June 23, 2026, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment for CCMC on every…
TL;DR Four software engineers at Vermont Information Processing (VIP) built a shared spreadsheet to compare salaries. Within a day, all four were fired. A federal appeals court ruled VIP illegally fired one of them, Christopher Bendel, for organizing the pay-transparency…
TL;DR A hospital company in Puerto Rico bought out a hospital in 2017 and inherited a union its own employees didn’t want. Evidence showed a majority of workers in all five bargaining units, and every single worker in one unit,…
A federal appeals court just ruled that OSHA has no legal authority to make any employer in the country record a worker’s diagnosed, work-related mental illness. The case that got there started with one refinery worker’s PTSD diagnosis, and Exxon…
TL;DR A California appeals court affirmed that James R. Glidewell, Dental Ceramics, Inc. only had to pay $515,965 in civil penalties after being found liable on four separate Labor Code violations spanning thousands of pay periods and years of underpayment.…
TL;DR The Pokémon Company International is facing a class action lawsuit after its Director of Engineering, Ben Tsai, secretly filmed women and girls in workplace bathrooms from 2017 through July 2026. Tsai saved videos in folders named “Pokémon 29” and…
TL;DR ChromaScape LLC, a South Carolina manufacturer of colorants and additives, settled with the EPA for $105,207 after a 2025 inspection uncovered systematic hazardous waste violations spanning five years. Inspectors found solvent-contaminated wipes stored illegally since June 29, 2020, violating…
Messer v. Garrison Investment Group, LP TL;DR Former Bristol Compressors International (BCI) employees won a $4 million judgment for WARN Act and ERISA violations but cannot collect because BCI is insolvent. The WARN Act for the knowledge maxxing sigmas who…
SkyWest Airlines: The Culture of Silence and the Cost of Indifference TL;DR SkyWest Airlines subjected Parts Clerk Sarah Budd to relentless sexual harassment, including threats of prostitution and rape jokes, while management ignored her pleas for help. Human Resources conducted…
Debra Pratt v. Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry: The Cost of Reporting Harassment TL;DR Debra Pratt, the Human Resources Manager at Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry (WAF), was fired after reporting rampant sexual harassment and discrimination by senior executives. The 7th Circuit Court of…