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 Miller Products Company, a screw machine shop in Osceola, Iowa, ran an unlicensed hazardous waste storage operation for over 270 days while employing 38 workers who were never properly trained to handle emergencies. EPA inspectors found containers of toxic…
TL;DR Abbott Laboratories, a pharmaceutical giant employing over 1,000 people in Illinois, handed new workers a form during job onboarding that asked about their family’s medical history, including diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. That form is illegal. Illinois’s Genetic Information…
Forced Labor Child Slavery Class Action Brazil TVPRA Are Starbucks Coffee Beans Harvested via Child Slavery? Lawsuit Says Yes. EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 1:25-cv-01261 (D.D.C., Filed Apr. 23, 2025) • 61 min read TL;DR A federal class action lawsuit filed…
TL;DR Roller Bearing Company of America fired Richard Mooney. He says the company targeted him because of his depression, his age, and because he dared to take legally-protected medical leave. RBC claimed the firing was a COVID-19 pandemic “reduction in…
EvilCorporations.com • First Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 24-1126 • 39 min read Enterprise Rent-A-Car Stole Overtime From 1,462 Workers. Then the Courts Let Them Keep It. TL;DR Enterprise Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiary Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company of Boston, LLC…
Corporate Accountability Investigation How Microchip Technology Cheated 200 Workers Out of Their Severance Pay EvilCorporations.com Investigative Desk Source: U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Opinion Filed June 5, 2025. TL;DR Atmel Corporation created a legally binding severance benefit plan, governed…
TL;DR Spectrum Security Services violated multiple California labor laws against its own security guards, including stealing wages, denying meal and rest breaks, and refusing to pay workers what they were owed when they quit or were fired. Edgar Osuna worked…
Worker Safety Mine Industry Corporate Accountability Court Decision: June 3, 2025 | Incident: August 22, 2022 $33,983 For Three Broken Bodies A bin full of phosphate rock collapsed on three miners at the Lee Creek Mine in Beaufort, North Carolina.…
TL;DR Dayana Garcia worked as a server at Gloria’s Restaurant in Texas for approximately seven months and filed a federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) lawsuit in July 2023, alleging the restaurant failed to pay her minimum wage as required…
Case No. 24-251-CV TL;DR Who: Dr. Sari Edelman, a female rheumatologist employed by the NYU hospital system at its Lake Success, Long Island location from 2014 until her termination in December 2020. What happened: A male site director called her…