Appellate court affirms harassment and retaliation ruling against trucking company

The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (which oversees Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan) recently addressed a trucking company’s liability when an employee sued alleging sexual harassment by the driver trainer, after being terminated. The Sixth Circuit upheld the lower court’s decision against the trucking company finding the trucking company liable for the $150,000 jury verdict.

Background

A trucking company (“company”) hired a female truck driver who did not yet have...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/appellate-court-affirms-harassment-and-retaliation-ruling-against-trucking-company

Carrier agrees to pay $165,000 to settle EEOC retaliation lawsuit

Koch & Sons Trucking settles retailation lawsuit

A Minnesota-based trucking company has agreed to pay $165,000 to settle a federal lawsuit stemming from allegations the carrier retaliated against a former truck driver who filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) about a workplace injury.

Stan Koch & Sons Trucking Inc. (Koch & Sons) of Golden Valley, Minnesota, will also issue an apology to the former driver, Alana Nelson, for how she was treated by the company, according to the EEOC statement.

The carrier, which...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/carrier-agrees-to-pay-165000-to-settle-eeoc-retaliation-lawsuit

Bouchard Transportation must compensate whistleblower, OSHA says

A whistleblower investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has found that Bouchard Transportation Co. Inc., Melville, N.Y., and its officers violated the whistleblower protection provisions of the Seaman’s Protection Act (SPA) when it retaliated against a seaman who cooperated with the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG).

OSHA’s Whistleblower Protection Program investigators concluded that the company’s actions constituted retaliation against the...

https://www.workboat.com/news/government/bouchard-transportation-must-compensate-whistleblower-osha-says/

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