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Retaliation
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West Virginia Business Litigation
Sixth Circuit Reverses Position on Workplace Retaliation-by-Association
The Supreme Court’s decision in Massey v. A. T. Massey Coal Company has occupied my attention so far this week, but today I want to look at a decision issued…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Long on the Thompson Retaliation Decision
My colleague Alex Long (Tennessee), who has written quite a bit about retaliation issues was kind enough to put together a nice analysis of a recent Sixth Circuit decision raising…
Alabama Employment Law Report
HYUNDAI MOTORS HIT WITH $5.79 MILLION SEXUAL HARASSMENT VERDICT
Tammy Edwards was awarded 5.79 million dollars by a jury in Federal Court in Montgomery for sexual harrassment, negligent supervision, and retaliation. The Birmingham News reported late Friday, the jury awarded $795,000 in…
Outside Inhouse Lawyer Blog
Equal Pay Act Applies to In-House Attorneys; Reinstatement is Appropriate Remedy
By Grace Healy
Yesterday, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals yesterday affirmed an order reinstating an in-house attorney who had been terminated. This case applied federal law, so it should be of interest to…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
In Retaliation Cases, Timing is Everything, Except When the Second Circuit Says Otherwise
Suppose an employee files a complaint against your company and it's quickly dealt with. Now suppose, ten months later, that you, the employer, fire that employee -- ostensibly for financial…
Employer Law Report
Increased Scrutiny Following EEOC Charge May Pose Retaliation Risk
A termination within three months of an employee's EEOC charge, combined with a claim that the employer increased its scrutiny of that employee after his charge was filed was enough…
Aaron Morris' Business Law Alert
Top Five Employee Suits
By Aaron Morris
The EEOC recently identified the five most commonly filed employee suits, which are: sex discrimination and harassment (30.1 percent); retaliation (22.2 percent); race discrimination (13.5 percent); disability discrimination (12.8 percent);…
California Employment Law Update
$700,000 Verdict Affirmed In Favor Of Wrongfully Terminated Therapist
By Tony Oncidi
Boston v. Penny Lane Centers, Inc., 170 Cal. App. 4th 936 (2009) LaToya Boston worked as a therapist and treatment coordinator for Penny Lane, a social services agency that operates…
California Employment Law Update
Employee Who Was Interviewed During Internal Investigation Was Protected From Retaliation
By Tony Oncidi
Crawford v. Metropolitan Gov’t of Nashville & Davidson County, 555 U.S. 271 (2009) Vicky Crawford was interviewed during the course of an investigation into “rumors of sexual harassment” involving the…
Train Law Blog
NJ Transit Learns the High Cost of Retaliation
Here's stark confirmation that the cost of retaliation is punitive damages and broken management careers. A jury in Newark, New Jersey, just found that the top manager in the…