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Retaliation
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Achkar Law Blog
What Rights Do Whistleblowers Have in the Workplace?
Sometimes employees witness dangerous, fraudulent, or otherwise wrongful activities during the course of their employment. The law tries to protect employees from consequences when disclosing hazardous or wrongful activities in…
WSNYC Blog: The Latest in Employment Law
Former White, Male Director Sues Google for Sexual Harassment and Job Bias in Federal Lawsuit
By Jade
A former white, male director at Google sued the company for sexual harassment and job bias after he was fired for not being “inclusive” enough in his leadership position. Ryan…
California Employment Law Update
School District Employee May Have Been Discriminated Against On The Basis Of A Disability
By Tony Oncidi
Price v. Victor Valley Union High Sch. Dist., 2022 WL 16845113 (Cal. Ct. App. 2022) La Vonya Price worked as a part-time substitute special education aide at the Victor Valley…
California Employment Law Update
Whistleblower Claim Should Not Have Been Dismissed In Part
By Tony Oncidi
Killgore v. SpecPro Prof’l Servs., LLC, 51 F.4th 973 (9th Cir. 2022) While consulting for an environmental project for the United States Army Reserve Command, Aaron Killgore believed he was…
Texas Employment Lawyer
Wanting vs. Needing: Figuring Out Retaliation Claims
[caption id="attachment_3434" align="alignleft" width="209"] Texas Employment Lawyer Marcos De Hoyos[/caption] X, a dedicated and hard worker, asks her boss for a raise. X, on more than one occasion, has boasted…
California Employment Law Update
Work Beyond Pay Grade Can Be Grounds for Constructive Termination, Court Rules
By Mark Theodore, Dixie Morrison
The federal court for the Northern District of California recently declined to dismiss a former Al Jazeera International employee’s constructive wrongful termination claim against the news outlet, finding that requiring…
SDNY Blog
Judge Liman Laments Supreme Court Precedent Barring Damages Remedy For DOJ’s Retaliation Against Michael Cohen for Planned Book About Trump
In an opinion yesterday, Judge Liman granted — albeit with clear reluctance — the government’s motion to dismiss a case brought by former Trump attorney Michael Cohen against various government…
Workforce Bulletin
First Circuit Upholds Employer’s Win in Retaliation Suit
By Gregory (Greg) Keating, Ashley Krezmien
On November 1, 2022, in Dusel v. Factory Mutual Ins. Co., the First Circuit Court of Appeals held that “close temporal proximity” alone does not establish pretext as this evidence…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
$366 Million Awarded to One Plaintiff
A jury verdict for $366 million is very rare. It is especially rare for a single plaintiff case. It is even more rare in federal district court. Yet, that is…
Hermann Law Our Blog
Colorado Employees Protected from Retaliation
Colorado Employees Colorado law continues to protect workers’ rights by adding new laws to increase the legal protection afforded to Colorado employees. Colorado recently enacted what is called Senate Bill…