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Retaliation
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Iowa Employment Law Blog
Don’t Forget About the Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies Defense: Eighth Circuit Holds that it Still Applies to Retaliation Claims, Overruling Precedent to the Contrary
Title VII requires an employee alleging unlawful discrimination or retaliation to file an administrative charge with the EEOC (or a similar a state or local agency with authority to seek relief)…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Corpus Christi Jury Awards $650,000
Last week, a federal court jury found that Corpus Christi Army Depot discriminated against and retaliated against Muprhy Junaid during his employment at CCAD. The federal court jury awarded $150,000…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Austin Court of Appeals Dismisses Retaliation Claims
People file complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission everyday. In the 2011 fiscal year, some 9,900 charges were filed in Texas. The charge starts with a questionnaire filled out…
Wage & Hour Law Update
Federal Judge Rules FLSA’s New Lactation Requirement Does Not Create Private Right of Action (But Retaliation Claim Survives)
As we discussed at the time of enactment, the FLSA was amended in 2010 to require that employers provide non-exempt employees with “a place, other than a bathroom, that is…
Train Law Blog
Landmark Joint Letter Will Transform Rail Safety
The culture of rail safety will never be the same. In an extraordinary Joint Letter addressed to all the nation's railroads, the Heads of OSHA and FRA have thrown the…
Hiring To Firing Law Blog
How Not To Retaliate
By Evan Pontz
The number of retaliation claims filed with the EEOC has been steadily rising. Is there more retaliation in the working world? More likely some of the rise is due to…
Employment Law Matters
Employer’s mistaken allowance of FMLA leave can create liability for retaliation.
In order to be granted a leave of absence under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), an employee first must fulfill certain eligibility requirements, including having worked for the…
MS Litigation Review & Commentary
$700,000 Jury Verdict in Federal Court Retaliation Trial in Aberdeen
On Thursday a federal court jury returned a $700,000 verdict in Harshberger v. Hill-Rom Company. Here is the Complaint. The plaintiff alleged that she was a successful sales person for…
Train Law Blog
How To Get Hit With FRSA Punitive Damages
Norfolk Southern Railway is showing all of us how to get hit with big Federal Rail Safety Act punitive damages. Here is OSHA's explanation as to why it awarded record-breaking punitive damages against…
Fair Housing Defense
Can You Retaliate Against Someone Because He or She Filed a Fair Housing Complaint? No.
Over my years defending fair housing cases I have seen more and more retaliation cases. That is, someone files a complaint alleging they were retaliated against by management because of a…