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Retaliation
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Employment Law Worldview
The Divided Sixth Circuit Affirms a “Lamentable-But-Benign” Discrimination Claim
A deeply divided panel upheld an award on Tuesday to Plaintiff Clifford Litton (“Plaintiff”), an African-American custodian who accused the Talawanda School District (“District”) of racial discrimination and retaliation when…
MS Litigation Review & Commentary
5th Circuit Reverses Retaliation Plaintiff’s Verdict in 2010 Jackson Federal Court Trial
Last month the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a 2010 plaintiff's verdict of $345,020 in Akers v. Hinds Community College. Here is the Court's opinion. Here is my 2010 post…
Hiring To Firing Law Blog
Even Where Retaliation Might Be Lawful, It Is Still Unwise
By Troutman Pepper Locke's Labor + Employment Group
Can you terminate an employee for participating in an internal investigation at your company that is not connected with a formal EEOC proceeding? Recently, in Townsend v. Benjamin Enterprises, Inc., the Second…
Train Law Blog
OSHA Hammers Norfolk Southern Railway With Record Breaking Punitive Damages
Norfolk Southern Railway is learning the hard way that retaliation doesn't pay. Despite earlier warnings, it has continued its abusive course of conduct toward employees who report injuries. And so…
MS Litigation Review & Commentary
$425,000 Verdict in Jackson Federal Court Retaliation Case
A Byram man has won a second lawsuit against the Miss. Department of Health. On Thursday a federal court jury in Jackson awarded $425,000 to Albert Brown in his retaliation…
HR Defense
Offering to Settle an EEOC Charge Can be Unlawful
An employer’s unconditional offer of a light-duty position to a pregnant employee became a conditional offer after the employee filed an EEOC charge, and was rescinded when the employee refused…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Modesitt on Whistleblower Protection
The Garcetti Virus, by Nancy M. Modesitt, University of Baltimore - School of Law, was recently posted on SSRN. Here is the abstract:In an era where corporate malfeasance has imposed…
HR Law Talk
Termination Notice Referring to Disability Considered Direct Evidence of Discrimination
A Tennessee federal judge recently ruled that a termination notice referring to an employee’s "long-term disability" was direct evidence of discrimination and retaliation. The Court granted the employee judgment as…
Hiring To Firing Law Blog
Hostility at Work Is Still Wrong — and Retaliation Is Hostility
By Evan Pontz
A previous post discussed a huge jury verdict for an employee who was harassed and mistreated at work due to her religion. The lesson: harassing an employee, subjecting her to a…
Employment & Labor
Unusual EEOC Summary Judgment Win, But Employer Still Has One “Last Chance” As To The EEOC’s Systemic Claims
By Gerald Maatman, Jr. and Jennifer Riley An employee’s right to file discrimination charges against his employer was reaffirmed this week despite some unusual courtroom maneuvers in the U.S. District Court for…