Boss Watch

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, May 23, and Friday, May 30 Alabama Child Sex Abuser WAFF reports:  It’s worth noting that, despite everyone thinking that fast food is just work for children, and despite everyone thinking that it’s appropriate for children to work in restaurants, the restaurant industry has the…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, May 16, and Friday, May 23 Kentucky Thieves The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered more than $207,470 in back wages and damages for 157 workers after finding a Michigan-based electrical services contractor failed to pay proper overtime rates to workers at job sites in…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, May 9, and Friday, May 16 Alabama Discriminators Two women are suing the city of Huntsville, Alabama for discrimination – both are represented by Huntsville Attorney Richard Newton.  Allison Ellis, a former police dispatcher, claims she faced discrimination based on her gender and religion. She…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, April 25, and Friday, May 9 Sorry for not getting this out last week – I got super caught up with work. So this is a two week round-up! Also, just want to put this note in the newsletter in case you didn’t hear it…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, April 18, and Friday, April 25 Alabama Law Violators From Hannah Denham at AL(dot)com: A law firm is investigating an Alabama poultry processing company for laying off 165 people without adequate notice to employees or the state. Chicago-based Strauss Borelli PLLC, a class action law…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, April 11, and Friday, April 18 Alabama Endangerers From Patrick Darrington at AL(dot)com: A jury awarded a $10 million verdict to a woman who was severely injured while she was a teenager working at a Jefferson County business in 2019. The jury settled in favor…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, April 4, and Friday, April 11 Sorry about the delay in getting this sent out yall – been a busy week! In some good news, OSHA has finally begun issuing press releases about enforcement again! They’re below along with our normal Union Busters segment. Georgia…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, March 28, and Friday, April 4 North Carolina Discriminators From the EEOC:  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is inviting male job applicants who were not hired by Kickback Jack’s restaurants in North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia to contact the federal agency for possible…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, March 21, and Friday, March 28 There continues to be no new enforcement actions or resolutions of enforcement actions at the EEOC, OSHA, MSHA, and DOL. South Carolina Retaliator From the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF):  For years, Charleston fire fighters have raised concerns…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, March 14, and Friday, March 21 There continues to be no new enforcement actions or resolutions of enforcement actions at the EEOC, OSHA, MSHA, and DOL. Union Busters Brought to you by LaborLab: The nation’s leading watchdog standing with working families to stop employer coercion and…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, March 7, and Friday, March 15 There continues to be no new enforcement actions or resolutions of enforcement actions at the EEOC, OSHA, MSHA, and DOL. Miner Dangers From the Mine Safety and Health Administration:  Ten miner fatalities occurred between January 3 and March 5,…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, February 28, and Friday, March 7 There continues to be no new enforcement actions or resolutions of enforcement actions at the EEOC, OSHA, MSHA, and DOL. Texas Killer You’ll remember that a couple weeks back I told yall how an electrician at a Tesla plant…