Tom Spiggle

Tom founded Spiggle Law to help individuals facing difficult workplace issues. Although Spiggle Law represents employees in many different matters, Tom has a soft spot for those who suffer from discrimination. As a former prosecutor with significant experience in high-level criminal cases, Tom is also uniquely qualified to represent individuals subject to workplace investigations and criminal prosecutions.

EEOC Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Job Applicant With Cerebral Palsy

Medical Discrimination

Employment discrimination can occur at any time, even before someone becomes an employee. This can occur during the job application process, although it usually goes unnoticed.  If illegal discrimination results in a job rejection, the employer rarely provides the real reason for choosing another candidate. Instead, the employer will use some generic language thanking them […]

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EEOC Settles Racial Discrimination Case Against Meat Processing Company

In the News

On October 7, 2021, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) settled its racial discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against Chicago Meat Authority, Inc. (CMA) for $1.1 million plus various forms of injunctive relief. What happened in this case and why is its settlement somewhat notable?  EEOC v. Chicago Meat Authority, Inc. In February 2018, the

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Tesla Worker Wins One of the Largest Racial Discrimination Verdicts Ever

Race Discrimination

On October 4, 2021, a jury in San Francisco federal court awarded Owen Diaz (Diaz) $136.9 million in damages for the race-based harassment he endured working for Tesla, Inc. (Tesla). This is one of the largest individual plaintiff awards for racial harassment cases in the United States.  There are likely thousands of racial discrimination employment

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The Importance of Facts In Your Employment Discrimination Case

Advice, Discrimination

Whether it’s an employment case, breach of contract dispute or a personal injury lawsuit, it’s impossible to predict what will happen during litigation. Going to court is an inherently unpredictable process with even the seemingly strong cases sometimes failing to obtain the justice sought by the plaintiff. There can be a variety of reasons as

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Humana Settles Nurses’ Wage and Hour FLSA Lawsuit for $11.2 Million

COVID-19, In the News

When it comes to unlawful conduct in the workplace, wage and hour violations are among the most common. Sometimes, these violations are overt, such as an employer withholding an employee’s paycheck. But often, it’s more subtle. One way employers underpay their employees is through worker misclassification. A recent collective action lawsuit dealt with this very

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Virginia’s New Coronavirus Workplace Rules

COVID-19, In the News

In the summer of 2020, Virginia led the nation by drafting and implementing occupational safety standards and rules that specifically dealt with the coronavirus. But these were emergency temporary standards, so on August 26, 2021, Virginia’s Safety and Health Codes Board officially adopted “16VAC25-220, VOSH Standard for Infectious Disease Prevention of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus That

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Coronavirus Work-From-Home Lawsuit Survives Motion to Dismiss

COVID-19, In the News

At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, many employers were scrambling to figure out how to continue operations while states and municipalities began issuing stay-at-home and shutdown orders. Even without any legal mandates, companies had to figure out how to keep their employees safe from a COVID-19 infection. One of the potential legal battlefields involves

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Can Employers Charge Unvaccinated Employees More For Health Insurance?

COVID-19

Vaccines for the coronavirus have been out for a while now, and one of them has already been fully approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Data also supports the conclusion that these vaccines are very effective in preventing hospitalization due to the coronavirus. Given how well the coronavirus vaccines work, many employers

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