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$4.5 Million Settlement
Attorney Megan Richmond helped Riverside County social workers take a stand against systemic exploitation and fight for fair pay. A lawsuit filed by The Richmond Firm described widespread wage and hour violations, including the denial of earned overtime, alongside dangerously high caseloads and a culture of burnout. These conditions not only harmed the social workers themselves but also jeopardize the safety and well-being of the vulnerable children they serve. The suit claimed that the county's failure to properly compensate and support its workforce directly impacts the quality of care, contributing to tragic outcomes and highlighting a critical need for systemic reform within Child Protective Services.
"It's a direct relationship between injured kids and the fact that the system is not treating their social workers the way they need to be treated, which for me begins with paying them properly;" Attorney Richmond said, as quoted in a recent article in the Press-Enterprise.
To read more about the $4.5 Million settlement find the full article here
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Southwest Airlines Employees Class Action
Megan Richmond is Co-Counsel in a new class action lawsuit, alleging that Southwest Airlines cost its employees millions of dollars in retirement savings by failing to remove a costly and underperforming investment fund from its combined $14 billion retirement plans. The lawsuit contends that Southwest Airlines breached its fiduciary duty by retaining the underperforming and excessively expensive Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund in their 401(k) and profit-sharing plans. This fund consistently lagged behind its benchmark, significantly diminishing employee retirement savings. Southwest knew or should have known about this poor performance and the availability of better, cheaper options. Their inaction, especially given the fund represented a substantial portion of the plan's assets, constitutes a clear violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and the lawsuit seeks to recover the losses suffered by the plan participants.
