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Retaliation
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FB Employment Discrimination Blog
When Equal Pay Audit Results Lead to Retaliation Claims
By Amy Epstein Gluck Equal pay is getting a lot of press these days. Indeed, it seems to be a “Hot HR Topic.” (Yes, that IS a thing! OK, just…
HR Defense
Minimizing Exposure for Employee Termination Claims
By Akerman Law
Assessing whether to terminate an employee and how best to deliver the news are challenges every employer faces. Whether it's a low-performing employee who shows no sign of improvement or…
California Employment Law Update
California Jury Awards $15.4 Million to Former Jack in the Box Employee
In a decision unsurprising to anyone familiar with what California juries have been up to lately (see our reporting here), fast-food titan Jack in the Box was ordered to pay…
California Employment Law Update
Ah, It’s Bill Passing Season in California – and No Employer is Safe!
It’s springtime in California! Even as the swallows return to San Juan Capistrano, the California legislature is busy, busy, busy passing 100s of new laws because, after all, you can…
FB Employment Discrimination Blog
If You Read This Blog You Can Probably Make A Good Guess As To What the Racial Epithet Was
The EEOC just sued a large health organization for alleged racial harassment and retaliation against African American employees in its California facility, contending that “such harassment was perpetrated by co-workers, supervisors, and…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
U.S. District Court Highlights Job Reinstatement Obligations After FMLA Leave
On May 6, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York denied summary judgment on a Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) retaliatory transfer claim. The…
Texas Employment Law Update
Texas Court Holds Request for Reasonable Accommodation is not Protected Activity
Texas courts routinely look to and take guidance from federal law when evaluating claims under the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act. The TCHRA is the Texas state law that…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
Happy 12th Anniversary to the Ohio Employer Law Blog
Twelve years ago today I launched the Ohio Employer Law Blog.On May 9, 2007, I published, The Song Remains the Same — Has Burlington Northern Really Changed the Landscape of…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Attempted Prosecution Can Amount to Retaliation
One thing an employer must not do when an employee files an EEOC charge is to seek criminal charges against that employee. Yet, that is exactly what the San Antonio…
Train Law Blog
Another Circuit Court Corrects Kuduk’s Distortion
Another Circuit Court has corrected the 8th Circuit's misuse of the term "intentional retaliation" in FRSA litigation. In Frost v. BNSF Railway Company, the 9th Circuit soundly rejects the suggestion…