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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — A man who worked at a Southern California Whole Foods store says he was terminated after raising public safety concerns, which included but weren’t limited to, the existence of cockroaches in the kitchen where food is prepared for the public. Michael Orellana began his career with Whole Foods…

‘The Legislature Has Reacted’ In Wake Of #MeToo Movement, Says Employee-Rights Attorney Carney Shegerian, an employee-rights attorney, appeared on KCAL9 News with Amy Johnson to discuss new laws in place designed to protect employees in the wake of the #MeToo movement. Click to Watch KCAL9 Coverage of this story

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A jury on Wednesday awarded a former Baldwin Park Police chief $7 million for being fired in 2013 because of her gender. The Los Angeles Superior Court jury deliberated for less than a day before finding that 63-year-old Lili Hadsell was subjected to gender discrimination, gender harassment and retaliation. Hadsell, sitting in…

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Earlier this week, Kourtney Liggins, a former Catholic school teacher, was awarded $3.75 million in a verdict against the Archdiocese of Los Angeles for wrongful termination. A Los Angeles Supreme Court Jury also awarded Liggins $87,000 in punitive damages against Archdiocese’s Father Michael Tang. A former educator at the…

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Craig Sipp, a former employee of The Skid Row Housing Trust (SRHT), has filed eleven claims against the homeless-aid organization relating to alleged disability discrimination and wrongful termination based thereof. In March 2018, after almost eight years of employment with SRHT, Sipp was diagnosed with colon cancer and a…

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — A former vice president for Passages Addiction Treatment Centers, a Los Angeles company whose posh resorts cater to celebrities and other wealthy individuals seeking substance abuse treatment, has sued the company for retaliating against her due to exposing fraud in the company. Maureen Fahey, a former senior vice president…

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — California’s state senate last week passed a state assembly bill that will prevent employers from forcing workers to sign mandatory arbitration clauses as a condition of employment. The bill, known as AB 3080, comes as an urgent response to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling. In May, the Court…

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — A former Delta Airlines pilot filed suit on Monday against the airline for wrongful termination and retaliation. Michael Protack, 61, had served as a pilot for Delta for over 20 years in good standing before a work-related dispute caused Delta to remove him from flying duties and increasingly retaliate…

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — In one of the biggest verdicts of its kind, a California jury on Aug. 10 ordered agribusiness giant Monsanto to pay $289 million to a terminally ill man for contributing to his cancer. Dewayne Johnson, 46 and father of two, had been a groundskeeper for a school district near…

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — A former Riot Games employee filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, alleging disability discrimination, wrongful termination, and breach of contract. Peter Grossman, 51, had joined the developer of the blockbuster MMO League of Legends as a recruiter in 2011. During his first several years at…

LOS ANGELES, July 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Kristin Prichard, a former employee of Warner Bros., has filed fourteen claims against the media giant relating to alleged disability harassment and discrimination during her employment there. In 2007, Prichard was diagnosed with several mental disabilities, including bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, and an anxiety disorder. Under the…