All articles tagged with #employment dispute
A former employee, Moreno, has filed a lawsuit accusing California Assembly speaker Rick Rivas of retaliation in her firing, with Rivas and his brother denying involvement and claiming the lawsuit is meritless; Moreno's attorney criticizes the Rivas brothers' conduct.
Kanye West, also known as Ye, is facing a lawsuit from former employee Murphy Aficionado, who claims West made antisemitic remarks about his ex-wife Kim Kardashian having "Jewish masters." The lawsuit also accuses West of keeping Aficionado waiting while engaging in loud sexual activities and not paying him for the first five months of employment. This is one of several lawsuits against West this year, including allegations of sexual harassment, wrongful termination, and anti-Black racism.
A Michigan restaurant server who received a $10,000 tip on a $32 tab was fired amid a dispute over how to split the gratuity among co-workers. The server, Linsey Huff, faced threats of a lawsuit from the restaurant's owners after discussing her firing on social media. The dispute highlighted the power disparity in the food service industry, with the server's attorney emphasizing that the situation could have been resolved without such drastic measures.
Former Marvel Studios executive Victoria Alonso has reached a settlement with Disney over her sudden exit from the company. Alonso was fired from Marvel after 17 years at the company, most recently as president of physical production, post-production, VFX and animation. The reasons for her departure became a point of major contention, with Disney asserting it was due to Alonso producing and promoting a film for rival Amazon Studios in violation of an employment agreement. Alonso's attorney called that claim "absolutely ridiculous" and alleged that Alonso had been "silenced" and then "terminated when she refused to do something she believed was reprehensible."