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Media Coverage Thursday, October 12, 2017 Kevin Ziober’s last day at the office started with a sheet cake. A red and blue American flag was iced on the top with tiny, sugary stars, and the inscription read, "Best Wishes Kevin." He remembers co-workers stood up to give him a round of applause, and his office was decorated with camouflage...
Media Coverage Sunday, June 26, 2016 Editor's note: This story was originally published Sunday, June 26, 2016. It was updated to reflect congressional testimony made Wednesday, June 29.
Kevin Ziober was a lieutenant in the Navy Reserve in 2012 when he received deployment orders to Afghanistan. On...
Media Coverage Wednesday, May 24, 2017 Nineteen lawmakers are testing their luck at the Supreme Court, asking the justices to take up a case on whether military reservists’ unfair dismissal claims can be forced into arbitration by their civilian bosses.
Because the case involves veterans’ rights, the legislators say they are...
Media Coverage Saturday, May 14, 2016 Tara Zoumer thought she had found her dream job when she was hired at WeWork, a $16 billion start-up that rents office space to young entrepreneurs. The walls were adorned with Pop Art. Neon light fixtures encouraged employees to “Hustle harder,” and there was beer on tap....
Media Coverage Friday, May 15, 2015
Two FedEx mechanics have accused the shipping company of short-changing thousands of its workers nationwide who took military leave to serve in the National Guard and reserves by contributing less to their pensions than they were entitled to.
In a proposed class action filed in federal...
Media Coverage Friday, March 17, 2017 Today, Outten & Golden's client Lieutenant Kevin Ziober joined former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson, Senators Al Franken, Richard Blumenthal, Richard Durbin, Patrick Leahy, Sheldon Whitehouse and other Members of Congress in speaking out against unfair, forced arbitration agreements and...
Media Coverage Monday, May 15, 2017
Complaint Alleges Violations of Pension Rights of Thousands of Employees Who Served in the Armed Forces
Two mechanics employed by Federal Express Corp. (FedEx) filed a...
Media Coverage Wednesday, May 10, 2017
The Sixth Circuit on Wednesday revived a FedEx aviation mechanic’s claim that his pension contributions were miscalculated for periods he was on military leave, but the court left intact the dismissal of his claim that the company fired him for complaining about the error.
In a published...
Media Coverage Monday, May 8, 2017
The Washington State Patrol has agreed to pay up to $13 million in back wages to military veterans in their employ who didn’t receive credit for their service in hiring and promotional decisions.
An agreement between the agency and eight current and former employees who sued the patrol...
Press Release Monday, May 8, 2017
Largest settlement in history of federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)
A historic class action settlement...
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