An Oregon federal judge on Monday refused Union Pacific Co.'s bid to wipe out a $27 million verdict in a suit from an ex-worker alleging he was discriminated against for an injury, saying there was enough evidence to support both the liability finding and the $25 million in punitive damages.
Starbucks has agreed to shell out nearly $39 million following a New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection probe that found the coffee chain had violated the city's Fair Workweek Law, the department and Mayor Eric Adams announced on Monday.
The Fourth Circuit on Monday backed the National Labor Relations Board's finding that a security company illegally fired a firearms instructor after he used profanity when discussing unsafe working conditions at a Maryland firing range, ruling that his comments were protected by federal labor law.