Racial Slurs, Insults, and Threats Still Occur in the Workplace, Cost Employer $125k
In October 2024, LM Wind Power, Inc., a company that makes wind turbine blades, agreed to pay $125k to settle a [...]
About Laura Garofalo
Laura Garofalo has been an employment lawyer in Chicago since 2005. She has worked both as an outside attorney for one of the country’s largest law firms, where she represented management in all facets of employment litigation and counseled management on a wide range of employment law issues, and as an in-house employment attorney for a Fortune 500 company. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Laura gained her initial experience in workplace compliance and harmony working as a Human Resources professional. Laura joined Fair Measures in 2018.“Layoff” Was Pretext for Disability Discrimination
Pilot Air Freight, LLC, an international freight shipping and logistics company in Atlanta, has agreed to pay $400k to settle a [...]
Gallup Poll Finds that “Coaching Habit” is Managers’ Greatest Weakness and Biggest Driver of Employee Engagement
According to a Gallup report published on May 28, 2024 – “The Strengths, Weaknesses and Blind Spots of Managers” – $8.8 [...]
School District Settles Age Discrimination Claims Even Though It Was Following CBA
A school district in Illinois will pay more than $200k to settle age discrimination claims based on a discriminatory collective bargaining [...]
Department of Labor Recovers $274M for Workers Who Weren’t Paid Properly
In fiscal year 2023, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor (“WHD”) recovered over $274M in back [...]
Eli Lilly Pays Twice in Settlements For Favoring Younger Employees Over Older Ones
Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly recently agreed to settle two age discrimination lawsuits, one for $2.4M in a suit brought by the [...]
Starbucks to Pay $25.6M for Race-Based Termination
Jurors recently awarded a former White Starbucks regional manager $25.6M – $600k in compensatory damages and $25M in punitive damages – [...]
More Than Half of All Charges Filed with EEOC Show Harassment and Retaliation Still Prevalent in the Workplace
Each year, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) compiles and publishes statistics on the charges of discrimination it receives. Employees [...]
Assuming Women Can’t Perform A Job Can Cost You $2.7M
Maryland staffing agency Green JobWorks LLC (“Green JobWorks”) gets to pay almost $2.7M for a pattern or practice of sex discrimination against [...]
Sexual Harassment – Illegal Not Just Against Females
Auto care chain Monro, Inc., which owns and operates over 1,000 auto care locations in the U.S. and operates under several [...]