Archive for December 2024

BHP Group Ltd. and Rio Tinto Group allowed environments on their Australian mining sites where female staff faced systemic sexual harassment and gender discrimination, according to two class actions filed on Wednesday. Among other accusations, the suits filed in the … Source: Claims Journal

Krispy Kreme Inc. said a cybersecurity incident had disrupted some of its operations, including online ordering in parts of the US. The company said in a regulatory filing Wednesday that it was notified on Nov. 29 of unauthorized activity in … Source: Claims Journal

Benekiva has expanded its leadership team. The company named Krista Eger vice president of product. She has experience leading claims processing teams and driving product innovation efforts. Mike Shea was named the company’s vice president of sales. He will drive … Source: Claims Journal

Workers in some of the world’s biggest garment manufacturing hubs in Bangladesh, Vietnam, and Pakistan are increasingly exposed to extreme heat as climate change pushes temperatures up, a report found on Sunday, a problem multinational retailers and brands will have … Source: Claims Journal

The European Parliament’s biggest political group is mounting a campaign to weaken the EU’s main policies for cutting CO2 emissions from cars, a draft position paper seen by Reuters showed. The demands from the center-right European People’s Party (EPP), due … Source: Claims Journal

Emirati-Lebanese shipbuilder Privinvest on Tuesday was refused permission to appeal against Mozambique’s victory in a London lawsuit over the decade-old “tuna bond” scandal. The southeast African country sued Privinvest and its now late owner Iskandar Safa, alleging they paid bribes … Source: Claims Journal

A contractor hired by Facebook’s parent company Meta dismissed threats to content moderators by Ethiopian rebels angered by their work, according to new evidence filed in a case challenging the dismissal of dozens of moderators in Kenya. Last year 185 … Source: Claims Journal

Shell Plc and Greenpeace reached an out-of-court settlement over a legal dispute that centered on climate activists boarding and occupying a Shell offshore vessel in the U.K. North Sea for 13 days. The London-based oil giant was claiming damages from … Source: Claims Journal

Drivers who have had their car declared a total loss are noticeably impacted by how carriers communicate them. That’s according to survey of U.S. policyholders that shows drivers’ emotional state and their overall satisfaction with their carrier are affected by … Source: Claims Journal

Some of the elderly residents of seven Louisiana nursing homes who were sent in 2021 to ride out Hurricane Ida in a crowded, ill-equipped warehouse are being offered shares of a nearly $9 million settlement after they sued. Retired state … Source: Claims Journal