Topic
Retaliation
1,374 published works
Ohio Employment Law Matters
Retaliation continues to dominate EEOC charges
The chart above illustrates charge filing data for fiscal year 2019. Retaliation charges continue to dominate EEOC charge filings. Following closely behind are disability, sex, and race discrimination charges. This…
COVID-19 Workplace Law Advisor
Assistant Nursing Director Claims COVID-19 Retaliation Against Nursing Home Employer
In what may be the beginning of a wave of post-COVID-19 lawsuits, a former Assistant Director of Nursing filed a whistleblower complaint against her employer, a long-term care facility. The…
Employment Law Lookout
What To Do When Employee Misconduct And Protected Activity Collide?
By Christina Jaremus and Erin Dougherty Foley Seyfarth Synopsis: When an employee violates company rules or policies, a company is within its rights to respond with appropriate corrective action. How…
California Employment Law Report
Surviving the Post-Apocalypse: Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation Litigation Risks in the Employment Context Post-Coronavirus
Even during a worldwide pandemic, an employer’s legal requirements and obligations under anti-discrimination, harassment, and retaliation statutes remain in full effect. Even though this may not be at the top…
California Employment Law Update
Court Should Not Have Dismissed Self-Represented Employee’s Claims
By Tony Oncidi
Nuño v. California State Univ., 47 Cal. App. 5th 799 (2020) Anthony Nuño, an assistant college professor, represented himself in this lawsuit against California State University, Bakersfield, in which he…
FCPA Professor
From The Dockets
By Mike Koehler
This post summarizes a strange state law claim filed by a former Walmart attorney and recent decision by a federal court judge concluding that resolving a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act…
Employment Law Lookout
“But For” or “Motivating Factor” Under the FMLA? The Fifth Circuit May Soon Clarify and Join the Circuit Split
By Funto P. Seton and Esteban Shardonofsky Seyfarth Synopsis: The US Supreme Court has never directly decided and the federal courts of appeal have not reached a unanimous decision on…
Labor Days
Preparing for COVID-19 Whistleblower and Retaliation Claims
By Barbara E. Hoey, Alison Frimmel
It is a virtual certainty that lawsuits from employees will increase, and likely with emphasis on whistleblower and retaliation claims as states reopen and more employees return to work. Employers…
California Employment Law Report
Recent appellate decision offers important lessons on retaliation, workplace investigations
A California appellate opinion issued yesterday offers a fact pattern and jury verdict familiar to employment counsel: A longtime employee resists a proposed change pushed by his new boss, citing…
The Right Coast
U.S. officials crafting retaliatory actions against China | The Seattle Times
WASHINGTON Senior U.S. officials are beginning to explore proposals for punishing or demanding financial compensation from China for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, according to four senior administration officials…