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Retaliation
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Labor Law Prof Blog
3d Cir.: Pro-Choice Catholic Teacher’s Termination Lawful
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a Catholic school teacher's Title VII retaliation claim that she was unlawfully terminated when she signed on to a pro-choice advertisement in…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal
Employee Rights and Employment Policy JournalVolume 9, Number 2, 2005ArticlesRamona L. Paetzold, Supreme Court’s 2004-05 Term Employment Law Cases: Retaliation, Disparate Impact and Freedom of Expression, p. 147.Sandra F. Sperino,…
Labor Law Prof Blog
4th Cir.: Reporting Racial Epithet Not “Protected Activity” in Title VII Retaliation Case
From Robert Loblaw at Decision of the Day:Here’s a troubling Title VII case from the Fourth Circuit. After acolleague at IBM made an extremely ugly racial comment, plaintiffRobert Jordan complained…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Totenberg on Supreme Cout Oral Arguments in Workplace Retaliation Case
For those of you interested in a fun, unique perspective on the oral arguments that took place this past Monday at the United State Supreme Court in the workplace retaliation…
Rush on Business
Retaliation Claims Pose Threat
By Rush Nigut
Retaliation Claims Pose Threat Iowa is known as an "Employment at Will" state. The mantra is that an employer may fire someone for "any reason" or "no reason at all"…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments in Title VII Retaliation Case Monday
Further Update: SCOTUSblog has this further comprehensive analysis of Monday's oral arguments in White.Update: One commentator points out that this was the issue in this year's Wagner Labor Law moot…
Labor Law Prof Blog
“Retaliatory Harassment” Theory Embraced By Alito and Third Circuit
Update: The Employment Law Bulletin has some further analysis on how this case may impact Justice Alito's vote in White v. Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co.In an opinion…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Judicial Estoppel, Title VII, and Bankruptcy
Interesting recent case out of the Middle District of Alabama concerning whether an individual worker should be judicially estopped from proceeding with her gender discrimination and retaliation claim under Title…
California Employment Law Update
School Principal Who Reported Budgeting Practices May Have Been A “Whistleblower”
By Tony Oncidi
Patten v. Grant Joint Union High School Dist., 134 Cal. App. 4th 1378 (2005) Colleen Patten, a junior high school principal, "blew the whistle" concerning four "legal violations" that she…
California Employment Law Update
Court Affirms $1.9 Million Verdict In Favor Of Gay Cook Who Suffered Harassment And Retaliation
By Tony Oncidi
Hope v. California Youth Authority, 134 Cal. App. 4th 577 (2005) Bruce Hope worked as a cook for the CYA for approximately five years during which time he was subjected…