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Retaliation
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Employer Law Report
Employer’s good faith offer to reinstate employee as part of settlement negotiations in exchange for dismissing a lawsuit is not considered retaliation
In a recent case, Bresler v. Rock, 2018-Ohio-5138, an employee incongruously argued that an employer’s offer to reinstate his employment in exchange for dismissal of his pending lawsuit was a…
Texas Labor Law Blog
How to Respond to an EEOC Charge
Photo by T. Chick McClure on Unsplash What is the EEOC? The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is the government agency that enforces several laws relating to discrimination including those that protect employees…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Ending Sexual Harassment by Reforming the Law of Retaliation
By Tracy Thomas
Nicole Porter, Ending Harassment By Starting with Retaliation, 71 Stanford L. Rev. Online (2018)The #MeToo movement has shined a much-needed spotlight on harassment in the workplace. But with that increased…
Inside the False Claims Act
Fourth Circuit Weighs in on Standards for Pleading Presentment and Retaliation
On December 26, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued an opinion in United States ex rel. Grant v. United Airlines affirming dismissal of the relator’s…
Litigators at Work
A $6M Misunderstanding? Pennsylvania Jury Finds Age and National Origin Discrimination
By Diane Windholz, Damon W. Silver
Following a five-day trial, and nine hours of deliberation, a federal jury in Pennsylvania has awarded more than $6 million to a former Teva Pharmaceuticals employee. Middlebrooks v. Teva Pharmaceuticals…
Employment Class and Collective Action Update
Court Decertifies Class of Female Drivers’ Hostile Work Environment Claims, Trims Retaliation Claims
Finding that the case involved “actions perpetuated by one individual against another individual in an isolated environment, not conduct in a common environment directed against several women at once,” Chief…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Fifth Circuit Reverses Judgment as Matter of Law
Luis Cristain sustained an injury at work. His employer, Hunter Buildings and Manufacturing, fired him soon after he fell from scaffolding. Eight days later and a few days after filing…
Employment Class Action Blog
District Court Decertifies Hostile Environment Sexual Harassment Suit Against Trucking Company
By Greg Mersol
Most employment class actions today are wage and hour matters, but class actions for alleged discrimination are still brought and can present their own unique challenges for both plaintiffs and…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS Grants Cert in Title VII Exhaustion of Remedies Case to Resolve Circuit Split
By Tracy Thomas
SCOTUSBlog, Fort Bend County v. DavisWhether Title VII’s administrative-exhaustion requirement is a jurisdictional prerequisite to suit, as three circuits have held, or a waivable claim-processing rule, as eight circuits have…
California Employment Law Update
A California Jury Strikes Again – Hands Out $11 Million Verdict
A Los Angeles jury awarded more than $11 million to two former employees who claimed they were sexually harassed and retaliated against for complaining about the harassment. Megan Meadowcroft and…