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Retaliation
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Labor Law Prof Blog
Schnapper on Appellate Decisions Applying Burlington Northern
Eric Schnapper (Univ. of Washington) has sent us a very useful outline and analysis of all the employment retaliation cases that appellate courts have decided since the Supreme Court's decision…
California Employment Law Update
Court Upholds $1.55 Million Sexual Orientation Discrimination Verdict
By Tony Oncidi
Jones v. The Lodge at Torrey Pines P’ship, 147 Cal. App. 4th 475 (2007) Scott Jones was employed by The Lodge at Torrey Pines (LTP) as its outlet manager and…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Mueting on Recovering Legal Damages for ADA Employment Retaliation
An Iowa Law Student, Kate Mueting, has posted her Note in the Iowa Law Review on SSRN: A Clear Path through the Labyrinth: A Case for Allowing Victims of Employment…
California Employment Law Update
DWP Employee’s Retaliation Claim For Opposing Discrimination Should Not Have Been Dismissed
By Tony Oncidi
Taylor v. City of Los Angeles, 144 Cal. App. 4th 1216 (2006) Eric Taylor, an electrical engineer employed by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, alleged that he…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
Taylor v. City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
The Courts Continue To Expand The Reach Of Retaliation Claims We continue to see an expansion of retaliation claims filed by current and former employees and the courts are granting…
Labor Law Prof Blog
6th Cir: Release of EEOC Claims Not Retaliatory
It is now farily well-settled law that an employee severance agreement to waive all employment-related claims against his or her former employer may not include language that prohbits the employee…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Durham Taylor on The Need for Congressional Intervention after Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White
Lisa Durham Taylor (John Marshall - Atlanta) has posted on the bepress Legal Repository her new paper entitled: A Vague and Subjective Standard with Impractical Effects: The Need for Congressional…
California Employment Law Update
Employee Failed To Establish Retaliation For Filing Race Discrimination Complaint
By Tony Oncidi
McRae v. Dep't of Corrections, 142 Cal. App. 4th 377 (2006) Dr. Margie McRae filed a lawsuit against her employer, the California Department of Corrections, and four individual defendants, seeking…
Rush on Business
Proactive Measures to Reduce Liability for Retaliation Claims
By Rush Nigut
Employers are usually cognizant of discrimination and harassment claims. However, they are often blindsided by retaliation claims. The successful resolution of a discrimination or harassment complaint means you are only…
California Employment Law Update
Maintenance Mechanic May Have Been Subjected To Same-Gender Sexual Harassment
By Tony Oncidi
Singleton v. United States Gypsum Co., 140 Cal. App. 4th 1547 (2006) John Singleton, a maintenance mechanic employed by USG, was, according to the employer, terminated for having said words…