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Retaliation
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Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Jury Awards $4M+ to Employee in Retaliation Case
Late last week (when, of course, I was out of the office), word came down about another large verdict in an employment law case in Connecticut. The verdict, composed of $1M…
California Employment Law Update
Court Affirms Judgment And Attorney’s Fees Award To Employee Who Suffered Retaliation
By Tony Oncidi
Steele v. Youthful Offender Parole Bd., 162 Cal. App. 4th 1241 (2008) Lisa Steele worked as an office assistant/receptionist for the YOPB. In her spare time, Steele competed in several…
Pennsylvania Labor & Employment Blog
Job Duty of Getting Coffee for Boss is not Sexual Harassment and Early Departure With Pay is Not Actionable Retaliation
The act of getting coffee is not a gender specific act that can form the basis for a sexual harassment claim according to a recent court decision in Klopfenstein v.…
Employer Law Report
Two Supreme Court Decisions Expand Retaliation Claims
On March 27, 2008, the Supreme Court released two opinions addressing discriminatory retaliation in the workplace. In the pair of opinions, the Court broadened the scope of potential claims for retaliatory…
World of Employment
Supreme Court Expands Plaintiffs’ Relief in Race and Age Discrimination Cases
On May 27, the Supreme Court held that two civil rights laws prohibitretaliation against employees who complain about discrimination, even though neither law actually mentions retaliation. In CBOCS West, Inc.…
Civil Service Disqualification Appeals Attorney Blog
Supreme Court rules to protect employees who complain about discrimination in the workplace from retaliation
Retaliation cases are a subset of workplace discrimination cases that are growing in number. This is due to the fact that it is often easier for employees to demonstrate that…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Hart, Mollica, and Secunda Quoted on Recent Supreme Court Decisions
The National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle, who frequently writes about labor and employment law issues, has just written an interesting piece (subscription required) on the recent CBOCS and Gomez-Perez decisions. …
Labor & Employment Law Blog
U.S. Supreme Court Decides Two New Retaliation Cases
Recently, we have seen a rise in retaliation claims filed by current and former employees. Courts continue to grant new rights to such complaining employees. On May 27, 2008, the…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 5/29/08
By Rob La Gatta
Not much to say about today's post besides the obvious: ten news briefs from around the legal community, from prominent blogging attorneys on both sides of the country. What more…
Employment Law Watch
U.S. Supreme Court Holds That Discrimination Law Also Prohibits Retaliation
By Erin Bailey
The U.S. Supreme Court today held that 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Section 1981), a law enacted just after the Civil War, which prohibits race discrimination in the making and enforcement…