Workplace Discrimination

• Two Men Seriously Injuried on the Job

  Rick Patterson | August 26, 2007 8:32 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  In Washington two workers received serious injuries while on the job. It appears that while the two men were working when they were hit by a steel beam. "D.C. Fire and EMS spokesman Alan Etter said the men were about 30 feet below ground when they were lowering the beam and something broke loose." The injuries, while not life-threatening, are serious. One of the injured men was hit in the...

• Women and Minimum Wage

  Rick Patterson | February 08, 2007 1:39 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Minimum wage is a hot topic. Why wouldn't it be. While the middle class is shrinking, the gap between the - almost all male - CEOs and minimum wage workers - largely women - has grown enormously. I believe we can surmise that can't be good for the country and/or the economy. It is true that business owned by woman are growing at twice the national average. With that said, women business...

• Wrongful Termination Award Slashed

  Rick Patterson | January 05, 2007 2:21 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  In Northern California, a jury award of more than $19 million has been slashed to $3.405 million. Charlene J. Roby was fired by McKesson Corporation after working for them for 25 years. Charlene had presented substantial evidence to the court that the company fired her based on a psychiatric condition. Additionally, she showed that the company failed to reasonably accommodate her disability....