Month: September 2012
WOMEN PURSUE SEX DISCRIMINATION CLAIM AGAINST SAUDI PRINCE
Three women working as limousine drivers in Rochester, Minnesota, are pursuing a sex discrimination claim against their former employer and against Price Abdul-Rahman bin Adbul-Aziz of Saudi Arabia. The women say that they were hired as drivers for the Prince and his entourage when they were in Minnesota for medical treatment at the Mayo Clinic …
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MINNESOTA JURY AFFIRMS OFFICER’S FREE SPEECH RIGHTS
An Oakdale police officer’s first amendment rights were affirmed by a local jury earlier this week, after a long dispute over disciplinary action and wrongful termination as a result of comments he made about a police chief. The comments were made in the context of a union meeting, when members took a vote of “no …
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LUND BOAT COMPANY SETTLES MINNESOTA SEX-DISCRIMINATION CLAIM
Lund Boat Company (and its parent company, Brunswick Corporation) have agreed to pay nearly $300,000 to the federal government following a years-long investigation of hiring practices at a New York Mills, Minnesota, manufacturing facility. The U.S. Department of Labor began investigating Lund’s manufacturing plant in rural Otter Tail County, Minnesota, back in 2007 following a series …
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TRUCK DRIVER DENIED ACCOMMODATION, WRONGFULLY TERMINATED
A truck driver is suing his former employer, saying that DMS Express refused to allow him a reasonable accommodation so that he could treat his diabetes and anxiety properly, and that he was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for voicing his concerns. The dispute arose when the driver asked his employer if he could take a …
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