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Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs
Shout-out to lawyers at Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll and Gilbert Employment Law who secured a $45 million settlement from Customs and Border Protection on behalf of 1,000 employees who claimed the agency discriminated against pregnant workers. Plaintiffs initially filed the lawsuit in 2016 with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. They claimed CBP forced pregnant employees onto light duty, which often included worse schedules and no overtime.
CBP Strikes $45M Deal To End Pregnancy Bias Suit
U.S. Customs and Border Protection will pay $45 million to wrap up a class action brought on behalf of 1,000 workers who said the agency forced them onto light duty because they became pregnant, the workers’ attorneys said Tuesday. The group of workers said they struck the “historic” deal to resolve an administrative case at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Customs & Border Protection Employees Reach $45 Million Settlement After Uncovering Widespread Pregnancy Discrimination
The settlement includes a number of major reforms to the agency after members of a class of over 1,000 employees challenged a widespread practice of involuntary removal from active duty because of pregnancy, resulting in lost wages and causing them emotional harm.
1,700 Bay Area Delivery Workers Join Mass Arbitration Claim Against Amazon
Saman Khodaei said that delivering packages for Amazon as part of its DoorDash-like Flex program was stressful. The company gave him a set number of packages to deliver in a block of time, he said — noon to 2 p.m, for example.
Amazon Flex Drivers File Thousands of Wage & Hour Actions Against Amazon
More than 15,750 individual claims filed simultaneously against Amazon, alleging drivers were misclassified as independent contractors. Lawyers continue to sign up other misclassified drivers to participate in arbitration.
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