Tum, representing current and former employees at Barber Foods' poultry processing plant in Portland, Maine, sued to recover unpaid wages for time spent waiting at and walking to stations where...
employment law
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Tum v. Barber Foods, Inc. , 360 F.3d 274 (1st Cir. 2004)
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Mendelsohn was an employee of Sprint from 1989 to 2002, when she was let go as part of company-wide layoffs. Mendelsohn v Sprint/United Management Company, 433 F.3d 1233, 1225 (10th Cir. 2006). Mendelsohn, who was 51 years old at the time of her...
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Facts
In October 2001, involuntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings commenced against Quality Stores, the largest agriculture-specialty retailer in the United States at the time. See In re Quality Stores, Inc., et al., 693 F.3d 605, 608 (6th Cir. 2012...
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Petitioner Terry Whitman ("Whitman") was employed as an air traffic controller at the Federal Aviation Administration's ("FAA") Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center. Brief of the Petitioner at 8-9. As part of his employment, under...
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Overview
Workers' compensation laws protect people who become injured or disabled while working at their jobs. The laws provide the injured workers with fixed monetary awards, in an attempt to eliminate the need for litigation. These laws also...