Indian oil rig workers recruited to work on oil rigs in Mississippi post-Katrina, have filed multiple lawsuits alleging civil rights violations against Signal International, according to the New York Times,
The lawsuit alleges the oil rig workers were subjected to a discriminatory labor environment and forced to work in harsh working conditions in exchange for visas and green cards.
The Boston Globe is reporting Staples Inc. has settled a class action lawsuit which alleged Staples failed to pay assistant store managers overtime pay. The class representative alleged class members worked more than 50 hours per week and performed duties that did not include management duties. The putative class members alleged they are entitled to overtime pay from Staples.
The $42 million settlement includes more than 5500 current and former Staples employees.
The LA Times is reporting a temporary agency has settled a workers compensation fraud lawsuit filed by the California Insurance Commission for $20 million. The Insurance Commission alleged the temporary agency, Staffing Services Inc., misrepresented the number of its employees and their job duties in order to pay less in insurance premiums. The regulators filed the lawsuit in November 2008 and the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office prosecuted the case.
BP was ordered to pay over $100 million in damages to workers that were exposed to toxic substances in its refinery in Texas City, Texas. The 10 plaintiffs in the lawsuit contended BP failed to maintain equipment and provide adequate safety controls. As a result, more than 100 workers sought treatment to local hospitals on April 19, 2007. BP said it would appeal the verdict and it was shocked and outraged by the outcome of the lawsuit.
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The LA Times is reporting Cintas Corp. has settled a California wage lawsuit. According to Patrick J. McDonnell, Cintas will pay $3.3 million to more than 500 hundred employees for back wages, plus interest.
Cintas Corp. denied any wrongdoing but agreed to settle the class action lawsuit after five years of litigation “in order to avoid the additional expense and distraction of ongoing litigation.”
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