Boss Watch

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses during the weeks between Friday, December 5, and Friday, December 12 Florida Discriminators Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation and Marriott Ownership Resorts, Inc., sellers of timeshare programs for hotels and vacation clubs, agreed to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for $175,000 and…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses during the weeks between Friday, November 28, and Friday, December 5 Alabama Killers ALdotcom has an excellent piece analyzing the last decade of data from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. They counted “more than 3,600 severe injuries and deaths at nearly 2,000 Alabama employers over the last decade” and…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, October 31, and Friday, November 28 Alabama Law Violators An AL(dot)com analysis of mass layoffs in the state finds that employers in Alabama only follow the federal Worker Readjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act – which requires them to provide at least 60 days notice…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, October 17, and Friday, October 31 Tennessee Thieves The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported on a wage theft lawsuit: Chattanooga resident Phillip Dennis alleged Trident Transport did not pay him overtime when he worked more than 40 hours in a work week. For example, Dennis…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, September 26, and Friday, October 3 Georgia Killers The U.S. Department of Labor has cited a Florida painting contractor for willfully exposing workers to fall and drowning hazards. Investigators with the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration determined that on April 7, 2025, Seminole Equipment…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, September 12, and Friday, September 26 Florida Endangerers Following two federal safety inspections, the U.S. Department of Labor has cited a Jacksonville roofing contractor with 10 safety violations for willfully exposing workers to fall hazards by not requiring them to wear fall protection while working…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, September 5, and Friday, September 12 Texas Killers From Jordan Barab’s Confined Space newsletter:  Three workers died in a manhole in Trinity, Texas, Wednesday night after two rescuers were overcome climbing into a manhole filled with sewage to rescue the original worker. All three died.…

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…