Worker Receives $44K for Vermont Employer’s Retaliatory Firing

Kingsbury Firms LLC has paid a employee $40,000 in punitive damages and $3,901 in again pay after the corporate terminated the worker in retaliation for talking with the employer and different workers about whether or not they have been receiving the right pay, in line with a settlement with the U.S. Division of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.

The funds coated the interval after the retaliatory firing in March 2023 throughout which the worker was on the lookout for a brand new job.

In response to DOL District Director Steven J. McKinney in Manchester, New Hampshire, the Truthful Labor Requirements Act forbids employers from taking opposed motion in opposition to workers for partaking in protected actions resembling inquiring about their pay charges, asserting their employee rights, submitting a grievance or cooperating with a Division of Labor investigation.

“This case sends a message to employers that any type of menace or retaliation in opposition to employees for asserting their rights can have steep penalties,” McKinney said.

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