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Retaliation
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California Employment Law Update
Employee-Attorney’s $440,000 Verdict Against LA Housing Authority Is Affirmed
By Tony Oncidi
Cordero-Sacks v. Housing Authority of Los Angeles, 200 Cal. App. 4th 1267 (2011) Ada Cordero-Sacks was terminated from her position as an attorney in the Los Angeles Housing Authority’s Office…
Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights
Retaliation Fact Sheet Issued by USDOL: Employers Beware
On March 22, 2011, we posted an article about the US Supreme Court holding in Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp., in which the Court held that a retaliation cause of…
Minnesota Employer
What Employers Need to Know About OSHA’s Interim Rule on Sarbanes-Oxley Retaliation
On November 3, 2011, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published an interim rule amending its regulations relating to the retaliation/whistleblower provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, as revised by the…
Train Law Blog
Naming Names In FRSA Retaliation Complaints
Instead of naming the railroad, workers are free to name a manager as the defendant in a Federal Rail Safety Act complaint. And there are good reasons for doing so.…
California Employment Law Update
Employee Failed To Prove Existence Of Severe Or Pervasive Sexual Harassment
By Tony Oncidi
Brennan v. Townsend & O'Leary Enter., Inc., 199 Cal. App. 4th 1336 (2011) Stephanie Crowley Brennan sued her former employer and a manager who was not her supervisor (Scott Montgomery)…
Whistleblower Protection Blog
Prison employees to rally against retaliation
Employees of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) will rally today to speak out against retaliation for filing discrimination complaints. In July, the American Federation of Government (AFGE) Employees Council…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
St. Phillip’s Professor Loses Hearing
A St. Phillip's College professor was denied tenure. Angela Wilson then filed charges of racism and retaliation against the president of St. Phillip's College, Adena Loston. See San Antonio Express…
Employment & Labor
Refusing to Return Calls from Employees on Leave is a Risky Practice for Employers
By: Brendan J. Begley A supervisor’s failure to return calls from an employee on family or medical leave may support a retaliation claim against an employer under the federal Family…
Wage & Hour Law Update
New York Federal Court Reiterates Second Circuit’s Narrow View of Protected Activity for Purposes of FLSA Retaliation Claims
As previously discussed, last March the Supreme Court ruled that the FLSA’s anti-retaliation provision protects “informal” complaints, i.e., unwritten complaints alleging violation of the FLSA are protected activity to support…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Former CFO of Bexar Medical Society Sues Former Employer
The former Chief Financial Officer for the Bexar County Medical Society has sued her former employer for sex discrimination and retaliation. See San Antonio Express News report. Former CFO Patricia…