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Retaliation
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Wage & Hour Law Update
Health Care Reform Act Expands Scope of FLSA Retaliation Claims
Jackson Lewis previously advised clients and friends of the Health Care Reform Act’s provision requiring employers to provide employees breaks for breastfeeding: http://www.jacksonlewis.com/legalupdates/article.cfm?aid=2016. (Regulations interpreting such requirements are expected to be…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Quick Hits: Unpaid Interns, Employee E-mail Privacy, LinkedIn Recommendations, Advice from the “Enemy”, Retaliation, The “Restroom Issue”
With my work on the Law & Technology Symposium for the Connecticut Bar Foundation last week, there are several employment law topics that I haven't had time to discuss in…
New Mexico Nursing Home Advocate News
Nursing Home Operator Cathedral Rock Corporation Fined by State
As the Santa Fe New Mexican reports today, Cathedral Rock Corporation recently paid $4000 in fines as part of a settlement agreement with the New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Fifth Circuit Holds Mixed Motives Available in Title VII Retaliation Case
The Fifth Circuit decided an important retaliation case yesterday. In Smith v. Xerox, the court held that a plaintiff could use a mixed motives theory in a retaliation case under…
Wage & Hour Law Update
Supreme Court To Decide Whether Internal Verbal Complaints About Alleged Unpaid Wages Constitute Protected Activity Exposing Employers To Retaliation Claims
The Supreme Court, on March 22, 2010, agreed to answer a question that has divided the circuit courts of appeal—whether the FLSA retaliation provision protects verbal complaints made by employees…
Civil Service Disqualification Appeals Attorney Blog
Article 78 discrimination and retaliation case dismissed
Matter of Idella Abram v New York State Division of Human Rights, City of Buffalo and Buffalo State Police Department Petitioner brought about this Article 78 proceeding to annul a…
California Employment Law Update
Supreme Court Approves Denial Of Employee’s Request For $871,000 In Attorney’s Fees
By Tony Oncidi
Chavez v. City of Los Angeles, 47 Cal. 4th 970 (2010) Over the course of six years, Robert Chavez, a Los Angeles Police Department officer, and his wife filed multiple…
Med Law Blog
Hospital Uses After-Acquired Evidence to Support Summary Suspension of Physician
Dr. Gary Ritten was a medical staff member at Lapeer Regional Medical Center in Indiana. He was summarily suspended in September 2005, allegedly in retaliation for refusing to transfer a patient…
Alabama Employment Law Report
TENNESSEE JURY RETURNS $1.5 MILLION AWARD FOR WRONGFUL TERMINATION
Last January, I published an entry addressing the Crawford v. Metropolitan Govt of Nashville decision issued by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court held that an employee who responded to questions…
Elder Law Prof Blog
EEOC sues Kelley, Drye & Warren for age discrimination and retaliation
Kelley Drye & Warren, an international law firm with its primaryoffice in New York City, violated federal age discrimination lawthrough its compensation system, the U.S. Equal Employment OpportunityCommission (EEOC) charged…