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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
This week in 5 numbers: The price tag of employee referral programs
This story was originally published on HR Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily HR Dive newsletter. One plaintiff is seeking millions after he allegedly was retaliated against and wrongfully terminated for trying to investigate potentially unlawful conduct at a baby product manufacturer, and another claimed her employer used a 'blatantly wrong' interpretation of China's mandatory retirement law to fire her for turning 55. Here's a closer look at those numbers and some of the others making headlines in the HR world. By the numbers 35% The share of women who rate their mental health as 'very good' or 'excellent,' according to a survey by Guardian. 55 The age at which Honeywell International, Inc., allegedly illegally fired a U.S. citizen working in Shanghai because she reached China's mandatory retirement age, according to a lawsuit filed against the company. 90% The percentage of surveyed workers over the age of 50 who said they have experienced ageism in the workplace, a Resume Now survey found. More than $1,000 The amount companies with employee referral programs pay workers on average for successful referrals, per a HireClix report. $10 million The amount of compensatory damages the former general counsel of baby products manufacturer Munchkin, Inc., seeks in a lawsuit against the company alleging a toxic work culture, discrimination, retaliation and wrongful termination. Recommended Reading DHL will pay $8.7M to settle allegations it gave Black workers more dangerous assignments Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
CBC
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- CBC
Fired Mandalorian actor Gina Carano settles legal dispute with Disney
Walt Disney has resolved a legal dispute with actor Gina Carano over her firing from the Star Wars streaming TV series The Mandalorian, a spokesperson for Disney unit Lucasfilm said on Thursday. Disney removed Carano from The Mandalorian in 2021 over social media posts that the company at the time called "abhorrent and unacceptable" for "denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities." Carano sued Disney in 2024 for wrongful termination and sex discrimination with backing from billionaire Elon Musk. The actor argued she was fired for voicing conservative opinions and that male stars who spoke out did not suffer any consequences. The two sides stipulated in a federal court filing on Thursday that the case should be dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can't be refiled. The case had been scheduled to go to trial in Los Angeles in February of next year. In Thursday's statement, the Lucasfilm spokesperson said Carano "was always well respected by her directors, co-stars and staff, and she worked hard to perfect her craft while treating her colleagues with kindness and respect." "With this lawsuit concluded, we look forward to identifying opportunities to work together with Ms. Carano in the near future," the spokesperson added. No details on the settlement were provided. Carano, in a post on Musk's social media platform X, called the resolution "the best outcome for all parties involved." "I am humbled and grateful to God for his love and grace in this outcome," Carano said. She also thanked Musk "for backing my case and asking for nothing in return." Carano played warrior Cara Dune in the Star Wars series that became a hit on Disney+ when it debuted in 2019. Disney fired Carano from the show after a series of social media posts. "Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors … even by children," Carano wrote on Instagram, according to a Variety report at the time. Carano also came under fire for posts on Twitter (now X) in which she derided mask-wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic and echoed false claims of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Her posts were widely criticized online and spurred a trending #FireGinaCarano hashtag. On Thursday, Carano said she was excited to "move onto the next chapter."
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Gina Carano Settles with Disney After 'Mandalorian 'Firing', 'Thanks Elon Musk, a 'Man I've Never Met', for Funding Lawsuit
Carano praised Musk "for backing my case and asking for nothing in return" while the Walt Disney Company said they "look forward to identifying opportunities to work together with Ms. Carano in the near future"NEED TO KNOW The Walt Disney Company and Lucasfilm have settled a years-long legal dispute with Gina Carano, with both parties sharing statements Carano sued the company in 2024 for wrongful termination and discrimination over her firing from The Mandalorian amid backlash to her controversial social media posts In her statement following the news, Carano thanked Elon Musk for backing her lawsuit, despite never meeting him in personThe years-long legal dispute between former The Mandalorian star Gina Carano and the Walt Disney Company is finally over. On Thursday, Aug. 7, a spokesperson for Lucasfilm, whose parent company is Disney, confirmed that the legal back-and-forth over Carano's firing from the Star Wars Disney+ series has been settled. "The Walt Disney Company and Lucasfilm are pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement with Gina Carano to resolve the issues in her pending lawsuit against the companies," the spokesperson said in a statement to PEOPLE. "Ms. Carano was always well respected by her directors, co-stars, and staff, and she worked hard to perfect her craft while treating her colleagues with kindness and respect," the statement continues. "With this lawsuit concluded, we look forward to identifying opportunities to work together with Ms. Carano in the near future." Carano confirmed the news in a statement posted to her X (formerly Twitter) account the same day. "I have come to an agreement with Disney/Lucasfilm which I believe is the best outcome for all parties involved." she began. "I hope this brings some healing to the force." "I want to extend my deepest most heartfelt gratitude to Elon Musk, a man I've never met, who did this Good Samaritan deed for me in funding my lawsuit," she continued, thanking Musk "for backing my case and asking for nothing in return." Carano went on to thank her lawyers, God, and her followers for sticking by her side."I am excited to flip the page and move onto the next chapter," she went on to say. "My desires remain in the arts, which is where I hope you will join me. Yes, I'm in the day, Carano took to the social media platform with a cryptic message, writing, "... and the truth shall set you free." Carano faced backlash and calls for her firing from The Mandalorian in late 2020 and early 2021 due to controversial social media posts. The major inciting incident saw Carano sharing a post from another account that seemingly compared the treatment of conservatives in the U.S. during the COVID pandemic to that of Jewish people during Nazi-era Germany. This came after the actress changed her social media bio to read "beep/bop/boop" — which some believed was an insensitive reference to preferred pronouns, which are often included on profile pages. Carano reiterated in multiple posts that she was "not against trans lives at all" and that including "beep/bop/boop" had "zero to do with trans people." Because of these instances, there were calls for Carano to be removed from the Star Wars franchise, with the hashtag "#FireGinaCarano" trending. Lucasfilm confirmed in February 2021 that Carano was "not currently employed … and there are no plans for her to be in the future." "Nevertheless, her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable," the company added at the time. Carano sued her former employer for wrongful termination and discrimination in 2024. Disney, the parent company of Lucasfilm, argued in a motion filed in April 2024 that the company had a First Amendment right to fire Carano, stating in the filing — which called for the dismissal of Carano's lawsuit — that Disney has "a constitutional right not to associate its artistic expression with Carano's speech." Elsewhere in the filing, Disney said it fired Carano due to her social media posts "blaming pandemic-related closure orders and vaccine mandates for causing widespread suicides and murders, attacking the legitimacy of the 2020 Presidential election, and mocking people who identify their pronouns to show support for transgender rights." The company's "final straw," however, was a repost in which they accused Carano of having "publicly trivialize[d] the Holocaust by comparing criticism of political conservatives to the annihilation of millions of Jewish people," according to the filing. Disney argued, citing a past court decision, that "a state cannot force an employer engaged in speech to speak through an employee whose own views or public profile could compromise the employer's own message." Carano fired back with a statement posted to X at the time. "Disney has confirmed what has been known all along, they will fire you if you say anything they disagree with, even if they have to MISREPRESENT, MALIGN, and MISCHARACTERIZE you to do it," she wrote. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. "They are now on record letting everyone who works for them know that Disney will take any chance they get to control what you say, what you think or they will attempt to destroy your career. Glad we cleared that up," she continued. "The First Amendment does not allow Disney to wantonly DISCRIMINATE, which is what they have done in my case and frankly have now admitted they did. If you ever wanted to know what today's 'Disney values' are, they just told you." Read the original article on People
France 24
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- France 24
Disney settles Trump-supporting 'Star Wars' actor lawsuit
Gina Carano, a prominent Donald Trump supporter who had a major role in the hit Disney+ series "The Mandalorian" until 2021, claimed wrongful termination in a lawsuit filed last year with the backing of billionaire Elon Musk. On Thursday, a spokesperson for Disney subsidiary Lucasfilm said the companies had "reached an agreement with Gina Carano to resolve the issues in her pending lawsuit." Disney "look forward to identifying opportunities to work together with Ms. Carano in the near future," said a statement sent to AFP. Carano, an outspoken former martial arts fighter-turned-actor, was fired by Disney in 2021 for what the company at the time dubbed "abhorrent and unacceptable" social media posts "denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities." One post shared by Carano appeared to compare being a conservative in the United States to being Jewish in Nazi Germany. "Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews" because "the government first made their own neighbors hate them simply for being Jews," the post said. "How is that any different from hating someone for their political views?" it concluded, with a graphic photo of a Jewish woman being beaten in Nazi Germany. Another post appeared to mock a person for wearing multiple masks during the Covid-19 pandemic in California. Carano had earlier enraged members of the trans community for writing on her Twitter profile that her preferred pronouns were "boop/bop/beep." 'The truth shall set you free' In her initial lawsuit, Carano said Disney had damaged her reputation and ability to find work in the future, after she had expressed personal political views that led to her being hounded by an "extreme progressive" online mob. The California lawsuit was funded by Musk's X, after Carano publicly replied to an open offer from the tech billionaire to help anyone fired after using his social media platform to exercise free speech. Carano previously claimed she lost a role on a planned "Mandalorian" spin-off called "Rangers of the New Republic" that would have been worth "$150,000 to $250,000 per episode." The Lucasfilm statement said Carano "was always well respected by her directors, co-stars, and staff, and she worked hard to perfect her craft while treating her colleagues with kindness and respect." Carano also supported Donald Trump's recent election campaign, speaking at a campaign rally in Las Vegas last year. Disney has become embroiled in the United States' so-called "culture wars" in recent years. In March, US regulators under the Trump administration announced an investigation into diversity efforts at the Walt Disney Company. Neither Disney nor Carano disclosed the terms of the agreement, but she appeared to allude to the lawsuit's settlement on her social media. "...and the truth shall set you free," Carano posted Thursday on X.
Bloomberg
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Bloomberg
Disney Settles Wrongful Termination Suit With ‘Mandalorian' Star
Walt Disney Co. settled a lawsuit brought by actress Gina Carano, who sued for wrongful termination after she was let go from the cast of the TV show The Mandalorian following comments that were deemed offensive. Terms of the settlement weren't disclosed. Disney's Lucasfilm had parted ways with Carano in 2021 after she posted comments on social media that were criticized as antisemitic.
