IN 2006, Filipino nurses at the Delano Regional Medical Center in Delano, California were called to a meeting and told they were not allowed to use their native language at “any time in the hospital.” During the meeting, the hospital’s former chief executive said he would install surveillance cameras in nursing stations, and that whoever…

ROBERT Collins had applied for an officer’s position with the Maryland Department of Public Safety. Collins narrated that during the job interview, the human resources personnel interviewing him asked for his Facebook username and password. He was told that it was being done to verify that Collins, who was applying to be a state trooper,…

A FEDERAL jury in Los Angeles recently awarded a former supervisor of the United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) more than $18 million in damages after he was fired for filing a claim for unpaid wages against UPS. It all began when Marlo filed a class action wage-and-hour lawsuit in 2003. However, after years of litigation,…

Q: I HEARD that the Supreme Court recently decided a case about the employer’s obligation to provide lunch breaks. Some say the employers won the case. But others say the decision favored employees. Can you clarify this issue? A: The case you may be referring to is Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court. It was…