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Under U.S. anti-discrimination laws, corporations aren’t supposed to retaliate against the workers who sue them. The idea is pretty simple; without this protection, companies could break the law and then fire any protesting employees. That would send the message to workers that “if you want to keep your job, don’t try to enforce your rights...
...them the possibility of getting rehired as “independent contractors,” with slightly higher pay but a significant loss in health and pension benefits. What’s more, the company required the “independent contractors” to waive their right to sue Allstate for, among other things, age discrimination. The message: “If you want to keep your job, don’t try to enforce your rights...
Other winners included Alexis G. Burgess ’02 and Tetsuro Onitsuka ’02 of Lowell House; Sue K. Paik ’02, Peter J. Chung ’02, Jonathan I. Flombaum ’02, Andrew Lynn ’02, Erik B. Sandegard ’02, Jillian R. Shulman ’02 and William Wailand ’02 of Cabot; Matthew A. Rojansky ’02 and Yuni Kim ’02 of Eliot House; and Christopher W. Cox ’02 of Kirkland House...
...defrocked priest John Geoghan. Courts had not yet approved the deal, which would have awarded 86 victims up to $300,000 each. This marked the first time the archdiocese's finance council had gone against the professed wishes of Bernard Cardinal Law. Even if the plaintiffs go on to sue and win in civil court, Massachusetts law restricts the maximum payout from a nonprofit organization to $20,000 per victim. If the archdiocese had stuck with the settlement, the councilors said, it would have been unable to provide for other victims--including possibly Shanley's, who have begun filing their...
...Janeiro has a reputation for being a libertine playground, but the city's tourist board has been acting a bit uptight. Riotur has threatened to sue the Fox network over an episode of The Simpsons in which the family visits Brazil. While there, Bart is ingested by a boa constrictor, Homer is kidnapped by a taxi driver and monkeys roam the streets. Perhaps most insulting, the show suggests Brazil is responsible for the Macarena (the dance comes from Spain). Riotur spent $18 million promoting the city last year and doesn't want it to go to waste, though bringing attention...