ST. LOUIS • A St. Louis jury delivered a defense verdict Thursday in a class-action suit that was seeking about $1.5 billion from tobacco giant Philip Morris. The jury deliberated less than an hour after a month-long trial, in which the plaintiffs alleged the company had deceived customers into believing light cigarettes were safer than regular cigarettes when they weren’t. The outcome would …
Thomson ReutersMaya Jackson a Lyft driver holds a Lyft Glowstache during a photo opportunity in San Francisco Drivers who worked for ride-hailing service Lyft in California during the past four years would have been entitled to an estimated $126 million in expense reimbursements had they been employees rather than contractors, court documents made public on Friday show. Lyft drivers would have …
Top HR Trends of 2016 2/4 at at 1 PM EST by clicking here. The use of big data in human resources is all the rage today. More and more companies, at least the large ones, are collecting and using employee and prospect data to be able to make determinations about their workforces.
Flint residents file class action suits as water crisis continues Local News Flint residents file class action suits as water crisis continues The story of Flint’s water crisis is getting more national attention, but this is something that the people of Flint have been dealing with for months. Now, they’re taking their fight to all levels of government. FLINT, Mich. (WJBK) – The story of …