FYI: https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/ofccp/ofccp20170814
This was a thorny one. At face value from some of the original reporting before the lawsuit dropped, the allegations were shocking / jaw-dropping. However, the allegations that led to the DoL suit were conspicuously timed to line up with an organized campaign to unionize the warehouse workers. So there appeared to be two very different sides to this.
Any legal folks care to comment on this? Is this just a straightforward settlement to get the suit dropped? $3M+ is not chump change at all, but is this more or less onerous than similar settlements in the past? Are these concessions a slap on the the wrist or a major blow to how B&H does business? Is the type of settlement (consent decree vs. deferred prosecution dependent on conduct, etc.) indicative of how close this came to being worse, taken to court, etc.?
Under the cloud of uncertainty while this was happening, I had withheld my modest enthusiast business from B&H while this suit was pending. Now that's its settled, I have to ask myself if I want to resume business with a company with terrific customer service but this hanging on its record.
Curious to hear people's thoughts on this.
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This was a thorny one. At face value from some of the original reporting before the lawsuit dropped, the allegations were shocking / jaw-dropping. However, the allegations that led to the DoL suit were conspicuously timed to line up with an organized campaign to unionize the warehouse workers. So there appeared to be two very different sides to this.
Any legal folks care to comment on this? Is this just a straightforward settlement to get the suit dropped? $3M+ is not chump change at all, but is this more or less onerous than similar settlements in the past? Are these concessions a slap on the the wrist or a major blow to how B&H does business? Is the type of settlement (consent decree vs. deferred prosecution dependent on conduct, etc.) indicative of how close this came to being worse, taken to court, etc.?
Under the cloud of uncertainty while this was happening, I had withheld my modest enthusiast business from B&H while this suit was pending. Now that's its settled, I have to ask myself if I want to resume business with a company with terrific customer service but this hanging on its record.
Curious to hear people's thoughts on this.
- A