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The judge, citing federal limits on punitive damages, later reduced it to about $800,000, including $450,000 in damages and back pay from Southwest, $300,000 in damages from the union and about $60,000 in interest.
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 June 2024
The settlement has two components: back pay from name, image and licensing revenue that were denied to players before the rule change three years ago, including revenue from football broadcast rights; and a framework for paying athletes for those rights going forward.
—Billy Witz, New York Times, 24 May 2024
In an 11-page letter dated July 20, 2023, OSHA Assistant Regional Administrator Michael Mabee said Maersk had violated maritime law and ordered it to reinstate the unnamed employee and reimburse his legal fees, damages and back pay totaling $372,597.07.
—Lia Russell, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2024
Giraldo, a Field Training Officer before his termination, is expected to move to reclaim his job and seek back pay for salary and benefits that could be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024
The workers are seeking reinstatement of their jobs and back pay, according to No Tech for Apartheid, a group made up in part by Google and Amazon workers that organized last month’s protest.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024
Woodyard resigned from the department on Jan. 12 after reaching a back pay settlement.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 26 Apr. 2024
Before Esposito could rule, Robb settled the cases against the franchisees by ordering back pay for the workers who were fired or had their hours cut.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Should SpaceX be found in violation of labor laws, damages typically aren’t high in these kinds of cases: Employees are usually entitled to back pay as well as reinstatement if the NLRB wins its case.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 5 Mar. 2024
Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 June 2024
The settlement has two components: back pay from name, image and licensing revenue that were denied to players before the rule change three years ago, including revenue from football broadcast rights; and a framework for paying athletes for those rights going forward.
—Billy Witz, New York Times, 24 May 2024
In an 11-page letter dated July 20, 2023, OSHA Assistant Regional Administrator Michael Mabee said Maersk had violated maritime law and ordered it to reinstate the unnamed employee and reimburse his legal fees, damages and back pay totaling $372,597.07.
—Lia Russell, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2024
Giraldo, a Field Training Officer before his termination, is expected to move to reclaim his job and seek back pay for salary and benefits that could be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024
The workers are seeking reinstatement of their jobs and back pay, according to No Tech for Apartheid, a group made up in part by Google and Amazon workers that organized last month’s protest.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024
Woodyard resigned from the department on Jan. 12 after reaching a back pay settlement.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 26 Apr. 2024
Before Esposito could rule, Robb settled the cases against the franchisees by ordering back pay for the workers who were fired or had their hours cut.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Should SpaceX be found in violation of labor laws, damages typically aren’t high in these kinds of cases: Employees are usually entitled to back pay as well as reinstatement if the NLRB wins its case.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 5 Mar. 2024
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“Back pay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20pay. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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