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Labor Law Prof Blog
Big Week at Supreme Court for Employment Retaliation Cases
ACSBlog reports: [Tomorrow], the Supreme Court will hear argument in Gomez-Perez v. Potter regarding federal employees who complained about age discrimination. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear argument in…
CommLawBlog
And they’re off !!!
By FHH Law
By Lee Petro and Harry Cole 703-812-0400 email On Wednesday, January 30, 2008, the FCC's Third Periodic Review was published in the Federal Register. With that, the white flag has…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Supreme Court Takes Two More Employment Discrimination Cases
SCOTUSblog is reporting:Among other cases granted is a test of whether federal law protects aworker from being fired after being a witness in a company or agency’sinternal investigation of sexual…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Employment Retaliation Claims and the Supreme Court
Apparently, the United States Supreme Court might not be quite done with considering employment retaliation issues. Even after the much-watched Burlington Northern decision of two terms ago, the court is…
California Employment Law Update
Evidence Supported Whistleblower Retaliation Claim But Not Sexual Harassment
By Tony Oncidi
Mokler v. County of Orange, 157 Cal. App. 4th 121 (2007) Pamela Mokler was employed as the executive director of the County’s Office on Aging (“OoA”). Following her termination, she…
California Employment Law Update
$1.3 Million Verdict Affirmed In Favor Of Employee Who Was Retaliated Against
By Tony Oncidi
Wysinger v. Automobile Club of S. Cal., 157 Cal. App. 4th 413 (2007) Guy Wysinger, a former district manager for ACSC’s Santa Barbara office, filed a complaint with the EEOC in 1999…
California Employment Law Update
Sales Representative’s $480,000 Wrongful Termination Award Is Affirmed
By Tony Oncidi
Casella v. SouthWest Dealer Services, 157 Cal. App. 4th 1127 (2007) Zachary Casella was employed as a sales representative for SouthWest Dealer Services, which sells its aftermarket auto products to…
Employer Law Report
Filing Suit Against Employee Who Engaged In Protected Activity Is Not Per Se Retaliatory
Retaliation claims have long been some of the most difficult for employers to defend. What’s more, they become nearly impossible to avoid once employees engage in protected activity; almost any…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Court: Termination from Employment Year After Complaint Insufficient to Establish Claim for Retaliaton
After an employee complains about discrimination, if an employer terminates the employee a year later, can that fact -- in and of itself -- be a sufficient grounds for a…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Employee’s First Amendment Claim Based on Expressing Reluctance to Testify Allowed to Go To Trial
A few days ago, I reported on the summary judgment decision of Tucker v. Journal Register East. While the case is notable for its discussion of the whether an employee…