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Background of the case. In 1979 Lilly Ledbetter, the plaintiff, began work at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in its Gadsden, Alabama location, a union plant. She started with the same pay as male employees, but by retirement, she was earning $3,727 per month compared to 15 men who earned from $4,286 per month (lowest paid man) to $5,236 per month (highest paid man).
Frank Seiberling. Franklin Augustus " Frank " Seiberling (October 6, 1859 – August 11, 1955), also known as F.A. Seiberling, was an American innovator and entrepreneur best known for co-founding the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in 1898 and the Seiberling Rubber Company in 1921. He also built Stan Hywet Hall, a Tudor Revival mansion, now a ...
The last major restructuring of the company took place in 1991. Goodyear hired Stanley Gault, former CEO of Rubbermaid, to expand the company into new markets. The moves resulted in 12,000 employees being laid off. In 2005, Titan Tire purchased the farm tire business of Goodyear, and manufactures Goodyear agricultural tires under license.
The new rule raises the salary threshold under which salaried employees are eligible for overtime in two stages. The threshold will increase to the equivalent of an annual salary of $43,888, or ...
The new salary limits. Starting July 1, 2024, people earning less than $43,888 per year, or $844 per week, would be eligible for overtime pay. By Jan. 1, 2025, that salary threshold would increase ...
The biggest winners are those salaried employees who work for GM and Stellantis. In those tentative agreements, the UAW said all union-represented salaried employees will get the same 25% wage ...
Paul W. Litchfield (July 26, 1875 – March 18, 1959) was an American inventor, industrialist, and author. He served as President, Chairman, and the first CEO of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and the founder of the town of Litchfield Park, Arizona and the city of Goodyear, Arizona. Among his many accomplishments as chairman was the ...
Charles W. Goodyear III. Charles Waterhouse " Chip " Goodyear IV (born January 18, 1958) is an American businessman and the former CEO of BHP. He is a member of the Goodyear family that had extensive business interests in lumber and railways, as well as significant philanthropic endeavors. [1] [2]