Unexpected bonus
My sister called me today, all excited because she got something in the mail about how her former employer has settled a class action lawsuit and that she will get a little bit of money from the settlement. The settlement is over a lawsuit that the company was not giving their employees the breaks that they were entitled to take. I was surprised because I had not heard of the lawsuit until now! One of the biggest complaints that my sister had about working at that company was because her department gave her a lot of grief about wanting to take her breaks. Whenever she asked to be allowed to take her breaks she was given a lot of grief. That led to a lot of ill will, and I think that is what eventually led to her being fired, because she didn’t fit in with the rest of the department – the rest of them didn’t take their breaks! So I was glad to hear that the company was sued over that exact same situation and that my sister will get a small part of the settlement. At least now she feels a little bit validated!