Boss Watch

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, August 29, and Friday, September 5 Florida Killers The U.S. Department of Labor has cited a Port Saint Lucie tree service contractor for allegedly exposing workers to crushed-by hazards after an employee suffered fatal injuries while operating a woodchipper at a Boynton Beach worksite in…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, August 22, and Friday, August 29 Georgia Discriminators Sam’s East, Inc. and Walmart Inc., which together operate a chain of warehouse club retail stores known as Sam’s Club, will pay $60,000 and undertake remedial measures to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S.…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, August 15, and Friday, August 22 North Carolina Discriminators Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp., a Virginia-based corporation which operates a facility in Tarheel, North Carolina, violated federal law when it refused to provide a reasonable accommodation to an employee for pregnancy-related limitations, forced her to take…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, August 8, and Friday, August 15 Alabama Discriminators Sarafina Network, LLC, a management company for gas station convenience stores based in Alabama, will pay $40,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). According…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, August 1, and Friday, August 8 Texas Retaliator A federal whistleblower investigation found that Union Pacific Railroad Co. violated the Federal Railroad Safety Act by terminating a railroad engineer after the employee reported and sought medical care for a work-related injury.  The department’s Occupational Safety…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, July 18, and Friday, August 1 Alabama Child Abusers The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment in federal court against an Alabama poultry processor requiring them to pay $385,000 in civil money penalties for federal child labor law violations and barring the…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, July 11, and Friday, July 18 No Enforcement Actions As we’ve relayed to readers before, the meat of this newsletter has always consisted of press releases from OSHA, the WHD, and the EEOC, documenting enforcement actions against law breaking employers. For yet another week, there…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, July 4, and Friday, July 11 Florida Endangerers The U.S. Department of Labor has cited an Orlando target-missile manufacturer for exposing workers to fire, burn, and inhalation hazards, after a December 2024 fire at its facility, hospitalizing two employees and injuring others.  Investigators with the…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, June 27, and Friday, July 4 Georgia Discriminators 1st Franklin Financial Corporation, a consumer lender with more than 370 branches throughout the southeastern United States, violated federal law by discriminating against a class of employees when it denied them reasonable accommodations and then fired them…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, June 13, and Friday, June 20 Florida Killers The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited two event production companies following an inspection concerning an October 2024 employee fatality. Stage FX Inc. and James Thomas Productions LLC were cited with serious violations…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, June 6, and Friday, June 13 Georgia Discriminators Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc. (CHOA), a pediatric health care system based in Atlanta, will pay $50,000 and undertake remedial measures to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, May 30, and Friday, June 6 Mississippi Discriminators Ground Zero Biloxi LLC, which operates a blues club located in Biloxi, Mississippi, violated federal law by subjecting an assistant manager to sexual harassment by one of its co-owners and firing the worker for complaining about the…