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California Employment Law Update
Gay Employee Could Proceed With Retaliation But Not Harassment Claim Under Title VII
By Tony Oncidi
Dawson v. Entek Int’l, 630 F.3d 928 (9th Cir. 2011) Shane Dawson, a former temporary production line worker for Entek, ran a production line that rolled up battery separators. Dawson,…
California Employment Law Update
Sexual Harassment Claim Was Barred By Statute Of Limitations
By Tony Oncidi
Trovato v. Beckman Coulter, Inc., 192 Cal. App. 4th 319 (2011) Irene Trovato, who was employed as a sales representative for Beckman Coulter, submitted a letter of resignation on May…
California Employment Law Update
U.S. Supreme Court Recognizes Third Party Retaliation Claim
By Tony Oncidi
Thompson v. North Am. Stainless, LP, 562 U.S. ___, 131 S. Ct. 863 (2011) Eric Thompson and his fiancée, Miriam Regalado, were both employees of North American Stainless (“NAS”). Three…
Employment Law
Supreme Court Holds That Employees’ Close Family Members are Protected From Retaliation Under Title VII
On January 24, 2011, in Thompson v. North American Stainless, L.P., __ U.S. __ (2011), the United States Supreme Court held that the anti-retaliation provisions of Title VII of the…
Employment Law Worldview
Retaliation Claims Rise In Hard Economic Times
As reported in the New York Times by Catherine Rampell in More Workers Complain of Bias on the Job, a Trend Linked to Widespread Layoffs, employers are seeing an increase…
Louisiana Law Blog
Supreme Court Holds Title VII Retaliation Claim Available to Terminated Fiance
By Kean Miller, Steven Boutwell
The Supreme Court recently struck a blow to employers and made another expansion to the scope of Title VII’s retaliation provisions. By its January 24, 2011 decision in Thompson v.…
California Employment Law Update
Harmony at the High Court: Supremes Issue Unanimous Decisions on Government Background Checks, Third-Party Retaliation
The U.S. Supreme Court handed down two important employment law decisions in January, embarking upon a year that includes a host of notable cases that onlookers anticipate could bring about…
Workforce Bulletin
Supreme Court Rules that Fiancé of Protester Is Protected from Retaliation
By Aaron Olsen
EBG Partners Peter M. Panken, Frank C. Morris, Jr., Peter A. Steinmeyer, and Michael S. Kun discuss the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in which the Court significantly expanded…
Pennsylvania Labor & Employment Blog
U.S. Supreme Court Widens the Scope of Retaliation Claims under Title VII
This post was contributed by Anthony D. Dick, Esq., an Associate and a member of McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC's Labor and Employment Practice Group in Columbus, Ohio. The number…
Supreme Court Update
Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP (09-291), Ortiz v. Jordan (09-737), Harrington v. Richter (09-857) and Premo v. Moore (09-658)
By Kim Rinehart
Greetings, Court fans! Today's Update will cover four cases: the biggie, Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP (09-291), holds that Title VII prohibits an employer from retaliating against an employee…