An appellate court has ruled that a Michigan road worker can sue his former employer for race discrimination for putting him in a dangerous position even though the employee had applied for the position months earlier. In 2009, the worker was appointed to be equipment...
Month: January 2014
The NLRB files a complaint against Wal-Mart following protests
Michigan workers may want to take note of a formal complaint filed by the federal government against Wal-Mart that stems from a series of strikes and protests that have occurred. The complaint refers in part to a 2012 appearance by a Wal-Mart spokesman on CBS during...
Rehabilitation facility facing charges of race discrimination
A Michigan rehabilitation facility responded to a lawsuit filed by a former employee by denying claims made against its director of nursing operations. In the legal action, a nursing supervisor formerly employed by Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital alleged that...
OSHA addresses company retaliation against truck drivers
Michigan truck drivers may be interested in the action taken by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in response to a trucking company's termination of a driver who was fired after refusing to violate safety regulations. The employee rights case was...
Settlement reached in Michigan whistleblower case
Under the terms of a lawsuit settlement, a former efficiency coordinator who worked for the mayor of the city of Warren must destroy telephone recordings he made of his former employer. The plaintiff taped two telephone conversations in which the city mayor threatened...