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Retaliation
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Ohio Employer Law Blog
Does Title VII protect an employee’s self-help discovery?
Suppose one of your employees believes that she was discriminated against because of her protected class. She files a charge of discrimination with the EEOC, and, in support of the…
Workforce Bulletin
Tenth Circuit Holds That the False Claims Act Does Not Protect Post-Employment Retaliation
On November 6, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit handed down a decision that impacts employers across all industries, including the financial services industry. In a…
Employment Law Worldview
Snooping Employee Dooms Her Title VII Claims By Unauthorized Disclosure of Personnel Files (US)
On November 15, 2018, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit unanimously held in Netter v. Barnes that an employee did not engage in…
Corporate Governance & Internal Investigations Advisor
Tenth Circuit Rules that False Claims Act (FCA) Does Not Cover Post-Employment Retaliation
By David R. Jimenez, Richard J. Cino, Alyssa M. Toft
In a win for employers, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that “…the False Claims Act’s anti-retaliation provision unambiguously excludes relief for retaliatory acts occurring after the employee…
Café con Labor
Usted despide a su gerente de Recursos Humanos por alentar a los empleados a que presenten demanda. No es ningún problema… ¿verdad? Piénselo de nuevo.
By Ingrid Ponce
View English Version Here Imagínense esto. Usted contrata a un gerente de Recursos Humanos para que investigue y resuelva quejas internas de los empleados y se entera más adelante que,…
Hiring To Firing Law Blog
Inconsistent Factual Accounts Could Support an Inference of Retaliation
Q. Is there anything I should look out for in documenting my legitimate business reason for terminating an employee? A. The United States Appeals Court for the Seventh Circuit (covering…
Clouse Brown Blog
How to Avoid a Workplace Retaliation Claim
By Keith Clouse
In 2017, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) received over 41,000 charges of retaliation. Those retaliation charges comprise 48 percent of all charges received by the EEOC that year –…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
Timing of retaliation is key factor in reinstatement of employee’s lawsuit
"See something, say something" is one of the most important elements of any workplace intent on stopping harassment. Employers are supposed to empower employees to report any harassment they witness,…
Understanding the ADA
What Not to do With Respect to Pre-employment Disability Related Inquiries and Retaliation
Here in Atlanta, we have finally moved into fall weather. That means temperatures in the afternoons in the upper 60s and low 70s and temperatures in the evenings and mornings…
Litigators at Work
Florida Jury Awards Former University Registrar $310,500 In Retaliation Suit
A jury recently returned a $310,500 verdict in favor of a former University of South Florida employee on her retaliation claim against the University. DeBose v. USF Board of Trustees,…