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Reilly Workplace Investigations Blog
Internal Investigator Training in San Diego for Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation Claims
By Debra Reilly
I am once again offering training to human resources professionals, attorneys, and private investigators on how to conduct legally defensible harassment, discrimination, and retaliation investigations in the workplace. Although the…
Wage & Hour Law Update
Circuit Court: Complaints About Holiday Issue Not Protected Under FLSA Anti-Retaliation Provision
The Supreme Court recently ruled that the FLSA’s anti-retaliation provision protects oral complaints regarding issues “under or related to [the FLSA].” 29 U.S.C. § 215(a)(3). However, the Court of Appeals for the…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
A New Whistleblower Retaliation Statute Grows Up: Dodd-Frank is the new Sarbanes-Oxley.
Reading the headline, I'm sure a few of you rolled your eyes. Dodd-Frank? Sarbanes-Oxley? Those statutes are seen as dull and tedious. But a new federal court decision in Connecticut should start…
Employer Law Report
Slap Happy Celebration of Work Accomplishment Not Severe or Pervasive Enough for Sexual Harassment or Retaliation Claim
Even though employee's complaint about her supervisor slapping her on the buttocks was internally investigated by the employer, it was not protected activity and could not support her retaliatory discharge…
Hiring To Firing Law Blog
Avoiding Retaliation Claims Under The Dodd-Frank Act
By Troutman Pepper Locke's Labor + Employment Group
In several prior posts, we have highlighted the growth of retaliation actions, including retaliation under Title VII and the FMLA. We have also provided suggestions for minimizing the likelihood of…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
City of Selma Settles Retaliation Lawsuit
The City of Selma, Texas has settled a discrimination lawsuit for $37,500. Capt. Jeff Moczygemba sued after he was fired. Capt. Moczygemba was one of the few firefighters to confirm to…
EEOC Year-End Countdown
Court Sends Message To EEOC: Employer Is Given Deference In Accommodation Decision
By Christopher J. DeGroff, Gerald Maatman, Jr.
Recently, in EEOC v. Ford Motor Co., No. 11-CV-13742 (E.D. Mich. Sept. 10, 2012), Judge John O’Meara of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan rejected the EEOC’s…
Employment Discrimination Report
EEOC Warns Employers That Retaliation Always Makes Things Worse
According to an EEOC complaint filed in court in Illinois yesterday, an employee subjected to hostile, abusive and lewd comments in the workplace who complained repeatedly to management was fired…
Alabama Employment Law Report
I-9’s, Discrimination and Bad Bosses
I hope everyone had a good long Labor Day weekend and didn't get too much rain. Today, I will talk about a number of issues that have an impact at…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Retaliatory Disclosure
Jamie Prenkert (Indiana - Business), Julie Magid (Indiana - Business), and Allison Fetter-Harrott (Franklin College) have jsut posted on SSRN their article (forthcoming N.C. L. Rev.) Retaliatory Disclosure: When Identifying…