Figures shown here have been collected since March 12, 2020.
They have been categorized, collected, and reviewed from general state and litigation filings.
Includes both federal and state cases.
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U.S. states with the most COVID-19 related employment lawsuits as of March 2022
As of March 2022, and since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the United States that led to lockdown measures in some areas, there had been over lawsuits relating to employment violations that were a product of these measures. The state with the highest number of lawsuits filed against employers was California, totaling approximately . Texas, the second most populous state in the United States, had almost ***.
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