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Retaliation
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Litigators at Work
Court Upholds Termination of Employee Who Used Prescription Medication That Was Prescribed 5 Years Earlier
A federal court in Indiana dismissed the disability discrimination and retaliation claims of a DOT-regulated driver who failed a random drug test due to prescription opioid use, holding that he…
Texas Employment Lawyer
Just asking, Is that protected activity?
[caption id="attachment_3058" align="alignleft" width="240"] Austin Employment Lawyer Colin Walsh[/caption] Human Resources has called you into a meeting. At first, you are nervous. You wonder if someone caught you taking Carl’s…
New York City Law Blog
Retaliation: Knowing what it is, proving when it happens
If you’ve ever been fired, demoted or reprimanded at work, you know that it can be an upsetting experience. Even if you disagree with an employer’s decision to punish or…
Faruki Blog
Combatting the Risks of Departing Employees Part Three: Summary of Legal Issues for Involuntary Termination of Employment in Ohio: Retaliation
By mschuettficlaw-com-melissa-l-watt
Continuing the Faruki PLL blog series relating to combatting the risks of departing employees, this post addresses a potential issue for employers after an involuntary termination: claims for retaliation. In…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Compelling Disclosure of Employer Information as Better Enforcement of Workplace Antidiscrimination Law
By Tracy Thomas
Stephanie Bornstein, Disclosing Discrimination, 101 Boston U. L. Rev. 287 (2021) In the United States, enforcement of laws prohibiting workplace discrimination rests almost entirely on the shoulders of employee victims, who…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Protecting Voices of Claudio Rojas and the Immigrant Movement
Lawyers for Claudio Rojas say he was deported (to Argentina) by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in retaliation for speaking out against conditions in a Florida detention center while he…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
COVID-19, Workplace Safety and Health, and Employee Claims of Retaliation: What’s an Employer to Do?
As of August 8, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has received more than 5,558 whistleblower complaints related to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic (and State…
Hiring To Firing Law Blog
Seventh Circuit Dismisses Retaliation Claim Brought Under Cat’s Paw Theory of Liability
By Tracey Diamond, Faith Simms
* Faith Simms is a 2021 summer associate at Troutman Pepper. She is not admitted to practice law. Q: Can an employer be found liable for terminating an employee for…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Bexar County Jury Awards $689,000
A Bexar County jury found in favor of the employee in a retaliation lawsuit. Joseph Sifuentes, an 18 year employee of Bill Miller's Barbacue, told a female manager to go…
Proskauer Whistleblower Defense
OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard Contains Anti-Retaliation Provision
By Lloyd B. Chinn, Pinchos Goldberg, Scott Tan
On June 21, 2021, OSHA’s much-anticipated Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) on COVID-19 protections went into effect. While Proskauer’s Law and the Workplace blog covered the ETS in detail here, this…