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Retaliation
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Texas Employment Lawyer
How do you show a causal link between an adverse action and protected activity in retaliation claims?
In order to make a viable retaliation claim, a plaintiff must generally have evidence of each element of a what is called a prima facie case. The phrase prima facie…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
Employee Separation Agreements Likely to Face Increased EEOC Scrutiny
By Paul Cowie
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”)—the agency tasked with enforcing federal labor laws—was deputized by Congress in 1972 with authority to bring lawsuits against employers for violating anti-discrimination laws and…
Hermann Law Our Blog
Employee Rights: Retaliation is Unlawful
Workplace Retaliation is Unlawful Did you exercise your rights as an employee only to have your boss retaliate against you? If this has happened to you, your employer can be…
Texas Employment Lawyer
2020 was a very good year for our clients and Wiley Walsh, P.C.
In 2019, the attorneys at Wiley Walsh, P.C. acted as lead counsel in two federal jury trials and one arbitration. With help by attorneys from Wiley Wheeler, P.C. on the…
Wiley Executive Summary
Disclosure of False Claims Act Investigation Not Required by Policy Application Questions
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, applying Ohio law, has held that coverage for a retaliation claim under a claims-made directors and officers, employment practices,…
WSNYC Blog: The Latest in Employment Law
Pinterest Reaches $22.5 Million Settlement in Gender Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuit
Last week, Pinterest agreed to settle a gender discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by former Chief Operating Officer Françoise Brougher for $22.5 million, making it one of the largest publicly…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Louisiana Appellate Court Extends Whistleblower Protections to Compliance Officers
By By: Andrew P. Burnside, Claire R. Pitre
The Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal recently held in Derbonne v. State Police Commission, No. 2019 CA 1455 (October 14, 2020), that an employee whose duties require that he…
Texas Employment Lawyer
I complained of discrimination. My employer retaliated. Am I protected?
As you may hear over and over again, Texas is an at-will employment state. What that means is that there are limited protections for employees in the workplace. At-will employment…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
Coronavirus Update 11-17-2020: Retaliation under the FFCRA is as illegal as is retaliation under any other employment statute
MaryJo Delaney is suing her former employer after it demoted her from her management position following her return from a Covid-related layoff, for which she had volunteered so that she…
PrawfsBlawg
Retaliation or Evidence?
Main Friday, November 13, 2020Retaliation or Evidence?A weird case from MD Fla: The owner of an indoor farmer's market, a vocal opponent of masks, sues over enactment and enforcement of…