Jury Awards Autozone Manager $185 Million in Punitive Damages for Pregnancy Discrimination Case

November 19, 2014 Legal Team
Rosario Juarez was a manager at one of Autozone's San Diego, California locations. Although she consistently met the goals set for her by the company, her boss took issue with Juarez after learning she had become pregnant. Autozone made Juarez's job more difficult by doubling her work and setting her up to fail. A...
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Stress Relievers at Work Make for Happier Camper

November 12, 2014 Legal Team
You spend the majority of your week and your adult life at the office. When you spend so much time in one place, it is understandable that you are affected emotionally by the office. Employment can be an emotional roller coaster that leads to stress and anxiety.So how can you manage your stress under...
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A Lawsuit for Lawsuit—a Sexual Harassment Case Turns into Insurance Battle

November 11, 2014 Legal Team
In 2012, Roxanna Sevilla, Maria Orozco, and Rosa Isela Gonzalez filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles County alleging gender discrimination, sexual harassment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and false imprisonment against their employer, Jon Davler Inc.In the complaint, the plaintiffs allege that one day, supervisor Christine Yang found a used sanitary napkin and blood...
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Millennials in the Work Force

November 6, 2014 Legal Team
Who are the Millennials and what do they want? Most sources agree that the Millennial Generation spans the birth years from 1982 to 2004. Some break down those years further and analyze that that within the millennial generation, there is a sub generation called Generation Y, the older side of the millennials. Sometimes, these...
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You Have Been Deactivated-Uber’s Scifi Way of Terminating a Driver

November 5, 2014 Legal Team
Christopher Ortiz, from Albuquerque, drove for UberX throughout this past summer to make some extra income for his media start-up company. The beauty of Uber's much-contested independent contractor system is that Ortiz was able to take time off from driving to set up his company.Months later, Ortiz decided to pick driving for Uber up...
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