Jury Awards $650k in Damages for Contractor's Retaliation Against Injured Immigrant

A federal jury in Massachusetts has found that a contractor illegally retaliated against an employee who reported a work injury, awarding $650,000 in damages, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced. The verdict stems from a lawsuit the Department of Labor filed against Tara Construction Inc. and its chief executive officer, Pedro Pirez, in February 2019 following an OSHA whistleblower investigation. The lawsuit alleged that the defendants initiated a law enforcement investigation and facilitated the employee’s detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enf...