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Retaliation
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Law and the Workplace
SJC Finds Commissions Lost Due to Retaliation Are Subject to Trebling
By Heylee Bernstein, Scott Faust
In a February 12, 2020 decision, Parker v. EnerNOC, Inc., SJC-12703, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that the full commission which would have been due to an employee had…
Labor & Employment Insights
Unpaid Interns and a Lunch Order Gone Bad: Jury Returns FLSA Retaliation Verdict Against Martina McBride’s Production Company
By John P. Rodgers, Anne R. Yuengert
A February 2020 jury verdict against county music star Martina McBride’s production company highlights – albeit indirectly – the perils of unpaid internship programs and the issues they can cause…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
The 3rd nominee for the “worst employer of 2020” is … the arresting retaliator
An African-American employee claims he suffered rampant discrimination at the towing company at which he worked, including being called racial slurs. But that’s not what qualifies A&B Towing for its…
New Jersey Law Blog
Employers Must Be Extremely Wary of Retaliation Claims
Over the past decade, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has reported that retaliation is the most common issue alleged by federal employees and the most common discrimination finding in…
Train Law Blog
The Scope of Temporal Proximity
We know the closer in time between a protected activity and an adverse action, the more powerful is the inference the protected activity was a contributing factor to the adverse…
Ohio Employment Law Matters
Retaliation continues to be the most common charge basis
The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released its fiscal year 2019 data on charges filed with the agency. For the fiscal year that ended September 30, 2019, there were…
Litigators at Work
Documentation: The Star Role in Defending Against Retaliation Claims
Despite the heightened attention to avoiding and addressing sexual harassment claims in the wake of the #MeToo movement, retaliation remains the most-frequently filed employment law claim according to the Equal…
The Employer Report
While EEOC Report Shows Overall Decrease In Charges, Retaliation Continues To Be Top Charge
Last week, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a comprehensive breakdown of the workplace discrimination charges received in 2019. The report shows that fiscal year 2019 continued the…
Administrative and Regulatory
A Look Behind The EEOC Curtain: Enforcement Statistics Show Fewer Charges Filed In 2019, But Monetary Recoveries Ticked Up In Some Areas
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Christopher DeGroff, Matthew J. Gagnon, and Alex S. Oxyer Seyfarth Synopsis: The EEOC recently released its enforcement and litigation statistics for Fiscal Year 2019. Notably,…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Eleventh Circuit Holds Alleged ‘Unsavory and Unpleasant’ Behavior Not Legally ‘Pervasive’ for Purposes of Title VII Harassment Claim
In Allen v. Ambu-Stat, LLC, No. 18-10640 (January 16, 2020), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a Georgia district court’s dismissal of a former employee’s sexual…