Ngabasebenzi abayizigidi ezili-14 kwi-industry ye-US yokuthengisa, kunengqiqo ukulindela ukuba abanye balabo baqeshisayo baza kuba nezikhalazo kumqeshi wabo wokuthengisa abaza kuguquka kwizenzo zomthetho. Ngokuhlolisisa iinkcukacha zala ma-lawsuti abasebenzi, ukuchithwa kwenkundla kunye neendawo zokuqeshisa abaqeshi kunye neendleko zebhanti, ezinye iinkqubo ezimbi kunye neendawo zokusebenzela zabathengisi ngabanye ziqala ukuzityhila zona kunye nezinye iindlela eziqhelekileyo zengqesho kwimveliso yokuthengisa ziqala ukuvela.
Cofa ngegalari yezithombe ngezansi ukuze ufunde iinkcukacha ezamangalisa nezingaqhelekanga zetyala lomsebenzi ngokubhekiselele kwezinye iinqununu zeentengiso ezinkulu zehlabathi , kwaye ubale iindawo zokuhlala, iintlawulo zamatyala, kunye nemirhumo yomthetho ehlawulwa ngabadayisi, ekugqibeleni, ekugqibeleni bathengiswa abathengi.
01 - I-Costco Ulwahlulo loLwesini lweNgcaciso yeCandelo leNkundla yoLwaphulo-mthetho lwaBasebenzi abesifazana abangama-700
NgoSeptemba 2012 - Isenzo seklasi sigweba egameni labasebenzi abangama-700 labasetyhini bathi inqubo esetyenziselwa ukukhuthaza abasebenzi kwiindawo zokulawula kunye nezolawulo zichasene nabasebenzi besifazane. Kubikwa ukuba, abasebenzi base-Cost1 baxhaswa ukuba babe ngumphathi oncedisayo jikelele phakathi kuka-1990 no-2004, kodwa kuphela kwa-103 kulawo mathumo aye waya kwabasetyhini. Icala lezenzo zamatyala lithi inqubo esetyenziselwa ukukhetha abasebenzi ekukhuthazweni ayivumeli abafazi ukuba bancintisane ngokufanelekileyo.
NgoSeptemba 2012, iNkundla yesithili yase-US eCalifornia iqinisekisile iklasi yabasebenzi baseFirstco yabasetyhini kwaye yabanika imvume yamagqwetha ukuba baqhube phambili kunye necala.
Isenzo senqanaba le-Costco saqalisa iminyaka emininzi edlulileyo kwaye ibambe iqela ngelixa iqumrhu leWal-Mart lizivikela ngokuchasene necala elifanayo le-action-action enikezelwa egameni lika-1.5 yezigidi zabasebenzi balo bafazi. Nangona iWal-Mart iphumelele ngokuphumelela isatifikethi seklasi kweso senzo, imbono yeNkundla Ephakamileyo ngokwenene yanikezela isiseko sokuvuselela i-Caseco yesenzo senkundla yesenzo. Emva kokuba kuthathwa njengokuba ityala likaWal-Mart yayingekho isenzo esithile esilungileyo ngenxa yokuba u-Wal-Mart wayengenayo inkqubo ephakamileyo yenkampani eyenza ukucalulwa, amagosa kubasebenzi besetyhini kwiklasi yeCotcoco basebenzise iindlela zokukhuthaza inkampani njengoko isiseko sokufumana imvume yokuqhubela phambili ngezenzo zabo zeklasi.
I-Costco ayibiki isikhundla sokuvula izikhundla zokulawula kwaye ivumela abasebenzi ukuba bayifake isicelo kodwa kunokuba baqoke ngesandla abaphathi abaqhelekileyo kwiivenkile zokugcina impahla, oku kubangela inani elingafaniyo lamadoda athola ukukhushulwa.
02 - Iifayile zabasebenzi bakwa-Dollar Jikelele Ukugwetywa kweNkundla yokuLawulwa koBungozi kunye nokuPhatha okungenakuQhubeka
Emva kokugqithiselwa ngamaxesha amaninzi ukukhuthazwa, umqeshwa weDollar General udibanise neKhomishoni ye-Equal Employment Commission (i-EEOC) ngokubhekiselele kubandlululo lokucwasana ngokobuhlanga, ekukholelwa ukuba imbangela yakhe yokukhwabanisa kweDolalar General yayixhomekeke kwinto yokuba yayingumgcini kuphela ngumqeshwa. Ukuxhaswa xa iqela le-Dollar General lobunkokheli kwiLong Beach, eCallinia lapho uDemetrice Hersey esebenze khona efunyenwe malunga nemisebenzi yakhe ye-EEOC, bamthobela ukuhlukunyezwa kobuqu kunye neengcali, kwaye ekugqibeleni wagxothisa uHersey.
I-EEOC ifuna ukuhlawula umvuzo kunye nemonakalo yokugweba iHersey, kunye nokutshintshwa okucacileyo kwiinkqubo zeDolalar General eziza kunika amathuba okulingana nabasebenzi abamnyama kwixesha elizayo. Ngokumangalisayo, ixabiso leDollar General lenkampani lijongana ngqo ne-Dollar General indawo yomsebenzi kunye namathuba okuphuhlisa abasebenzi kwaye ichaza ukuba abasebenzi be- Dollar General baza kuba namava aphikisanayo nakwiimfuno zikaHersey.
03 - Abalawuli abancedisayo beMali kwiNqanaba leNkundla yokuLawulwa kweeNkundla zokuSebenza ngeeNkokhelo ezingakhokhelwa kunye nexesha elidlulileyo
Ngokuqinisekileyo, i-Dollar Tree inepolisi engaphantsi kwabantu ababini abangasebenza kwivenkile ngexesha elifanayo. Ekubeni abaphathi beevenkile bezicwangciso bahlala behleliwe ukuba basebenze kunye nomnye omnye umsebenzi, abazange bakwazi ukuthatha ikhefu lomzuzu-30 wokutya ngaphandle kokuphula umthetho weenkampani. Ukongezelela, abaphathi abancedisayo bathi i-Dollar Tree ifuna ukuba benze iibhanki zebhanki emva kokutshintshwa kwazo kwaye zavalwa ngokusemthethweni.
Amagqwetha eDollar Abaphathi abancedisayo beMithi baxabisa ukuba bonke abaphathi bezitolo ze-Dollar Tree "banjalo," kwaye ijaji enkundleni yesithili saseColorado iyavuma. Nangona le nto yayiyinkolelo yabasebenzi beDolalar, inkundla ayizange ihambe ukwenzela ukuqinisekisile iklasi, ngamagqwetha e-Dollar Tree agcina izibango njengokunqoba kunye nesibonakaliso esihle sokuba iklasi iya kugqitywa kwisinyathelo esilandelayo kwinkqubo yesenzo senqanaba.
Kubonakala sengathi uMthi weDolala awunqabe izigxeko zabaphathi beevenkile abancedisayo. Kunoko, bavikela ngokumalunga nelungelo labaphathi beevenkile ukuba baxolise njengeqela, kunokuba bafake izigwebo ezahlukeneyo ngamabango abo.
04 - I-EEOC Inceda Umqeshwa Ukukhawula Ikosi Yokugqeba Ngaphandle Kwesokudla Ukugqoka Imbobo Emva kweminyaka emibili
Agasti 2012 - Iminyaka emibini emva kokuba i-high school senior ivumelekile ukuba isebenze njenge-cashier e-Dallas, e-Texas Burger King yokutyela ngenxa yokuba wayegxininxibe ekugqoke ingubo esikhundleni seengubo ezifanayo zesiqhelo, i-EEOC ifake isigwebo egameni intombazana, efuna ukucalulwa kwezenkolo. Isikhundla se-EEOC kukuba le ngxaki yekululeko yenkolo kwindawo yokusebenzela.
I-EEOC ifuna umonakalo okwenene kunye nokuhlawulisa umqeshwa, owathi wayenqatshelwe umsebenzi wehora kwi-Burger King kwindawo ngo-2010, kunye nomyalelo owenzela ivenkile yokutyela.
Umceli wesikolo esiphakamileyo isicelo sacela ukuba indawo yokuhlala efanelwe kuba unqulo lwakhe lwamaPentekoste aluvumelanga abafazi ukuba bagqoke isambatho sabantu, kuquka neengqayi. Amagqwetha athi i-Burger King okanye nayiphi na umqeshi akanalo ilungelo lokuphika nayiphi na isicelo esinikezwa "njengendawo yokuhlala enqulo" ngaphandle kokuba idale "ubunzima obungenakunzima.
05 - Wal-Mart Ulwabiwo lwe-ADA Ulwaphulo-mthetho, uhlawulele i-$ 50,000 kumqeshwa wase-Ex Cusbral Palsy
Agasti 2012 - Imisebenzi ekhuselekileyo e-US kufuneka ibe yiqela lezomthetho laseWal-mart, elingaze libonakala liphumelele imfuno yokufumana iindlela zokudala ukukhusela i -chain enkulu yokuthengisa . Enye yezenzo ezisemthethweni zakutshanje ezingakhange zancede umlinganiselo wokuphumelela komthetho weWal-Mart kwakuyimithetho yokuchaswa kokukhubazeka evezwe yi-EEOC egameni lomqeshwa oneminyaka engama-22 ubudala waseWal-Mart.
UWal-Mart wavuma ukuhlawula i-$ 50,000 kumntu owayengumqeshwa waseCarlsbad, eNew Mexico. Emva kokubuyela kumsebenzi wakhe weWal-Mart emva kokuba sele ekhefu lokugula ehlobene ne-cerebral palsy, umqeshwa wachazelwa ngumphathi wakhe wesitolo ukuba akayi kuvunyelwa ukuthatha ikhefu ezinyantweni zakhe, nangona wayenombhalo ovela kugqirha wakhe ecela yokuhlala kwesikhashana.
Umphathi weevenkile wenqabe ukubeka umqeshwa kwishedyuli, leyo i-EEOC eyayitshilo yayikuphulaphula uMthetho wamaMerika okhubazekileyo (ADA). Okhulumela iWal-Mart wabhala le nkundla njengeganeko elide kwaye waphawula ukuba umphathi wesitolo akahambisani ngokupheleleyo neenkampani zeWal-Mart. Umphathi wesitolo akasetyenziswanga kwiCarlsbad Wal-Mart, nangona kwakungekho nkcazo yeburhulumenteni malunga nokuba ukupheliswa kwadityaniswe nalo myalelo wokuchaswa kwabasebenzi bokukhubazeka.
06 - Umqeshwa waseHalmarkmark oMiselweyo ukuya kuMgwebi - Umqeshwa weeNkcazo zoLwaphulo lwezeMpilo
Ngo-Agasti 2012 - Lowo owayengumqeshwa weHolmarkmark e-Lawrence, iKansas wagxothwa enkundleni waza wabuyiselwa kwisigqibo sokuxazulula ingxabano kunye nenkampani yekhadi yokubulisa ekuphumeni kwakhe. UJana Hague wafaka isigwebo ngokumelene neHolomark emva kokuhamba kwekhefu lokungabikho kwavunywa kuqala kwaye wavanywa yiHalmarkmark, ekhokelela ekupheleni kwayo.
Ijaji leNkundla yeZibheno ze-Kansas iyaligweba ukuba amabango omqeshwa aphantsi kobambiswano oluyimfuneko kwaye ukuba njengomqeshwa weHolmarkmark , iHague iboshwe yinkqubo ye-Hallmark yokulungiswa kwezimpikiswano. Kwisigqibo, zonke izenzo zezomthetho zaseHague zacelwa ukuba ziyeke ukugqitywa kwenkqubo yokubambisana.
07 - I-Chrysler Employee Iwubhale Ingxelo ye-$ 3.5 Million kwiNkundla yokuLawulwa koLuntu
Ngo-Agasti 2012 - uCrysler uye wayala ukuba ahlawule umqeshwa kwiBelvidere, Illinois Plant Plant eyi-3.5 million yezigidi ngenxa yokugwetywa ngokobuhlanga. Inkundla yesiphaluka yesixhenxe yezibheno yagweba ngokuxhasa umqeshwa we-Chrysler oneminyaka engama-20 njengembuyekezo yokuziphatha kwabasebenzi baseCrysler abasebenzisa ubuhlanga, ababenobungozi bokufa, kunye negraffiti ehlukumezayo ecwecwe kwiindonga zeCrysler.
Inkundla yesibini yeeNkundla zeziBheno e-Illinois yayingekho kuphela umqeshwa wamaYuda olwaxhatshazwayo kunye noCrysler Iqela lalinomdla ngenxa yokuba ulawulo lwezityalo aluzange lwenze ngokwaneleyo ukuyeka ukuxhatshazwa. Oku kunzima kakhulu kuba uCrysler ufakwe kwi-Diversity Inc.
Isigwebo se-$ 3.5 yezigidi sisona sigqeba esiphezulu sokunikezelwa kwamacala okubandlululwa kobuhlanga kwicala lase-Illinois.
08 - Umthetho kaMasipala waseMcdonald - Umqeshwa weSikolo samabanga aphezulu emva kokuba uBossa abetha
Umphathi wesikolo esiphakamileyo uyayilumkisa intambo kaMcDonald emva kokuba echazwe ngokugqithiseleyo ngumphathi wakhe ngexesha lokuphikisana emsebenzini. Ukubetha kubikwa ukuba kwakunobungozi kwaye kwenzeke phambi kwabanye abasebenzi baseMcDonald abangenzi nto ukuyiyeka.
Ukungabonakali kwesiganeko esiyingozi, kodwa lo mqhubi ubetha ngokuqinisekileyo oko kukuthi "yindawo yokusebenzela inzondo."
09 - I-Adjustment Employee Lawsuit - AbaSebenzi Bakhuphe kunye Nemivuzo Yokufuna Ukukhuselwa
Ukuthengwa okugqwesileyo kuye kwavuma ukuhlawula ama-902,000 amawaka kubasebenzi abaye banyanzeliswa ukuba bayeke kwaye balinde ukhuseleko lomzimba ngaphambi kokuba bashiye umsebenzi. Icala elifanayo lilindelekile kwiCVS, echazwe ukuba kufuneka ukuba abasebenzi balinde ukukhangela ukhuseleko ngaphandle kwembuyekezo ngexesha labo.
10 - UMichael's Craft Stores Lawsuit - I-Million's Employee Millions Award
NgoSeptemba 2010, owesifazane waseFlorida wanikezwa i-$ 8.1 yezigidi ngamagqwetha ngenxa yokugqithiswa kakubi ngamagcisa kaMikeyeli. Ingxelo kuthiwa umqeshwa unesigxina esine-mastectomy kwaye wayephakathi kwonyango lwama-chemotherapy xa wayetyholwa ngamanga ngokuba kwaye waphunyezwa.
Ukuqulunqa utywala kunye nokupheliswa okulandelayo kwafunyaniswa ukuphulwa komthetho wamaMerika aKhubazekileyo noMthetho woLwaphulo lwezeMpilo.
UMichael wayalawulwa ukuba ahlawule umqeshwa we-4 million yezigidi ngenxa yentlungu kunye nosizi, i-$ 4 yezigidi ukulungiswa kwezigwebo kunye ne-100,000 yeemali ngemali elahlekileyo.