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San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Excluding Medical Coverage Amounted to Retaliation
In Whitley v. Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc., 2017 LEXIS 68040 (E.D. Tex. 2017), the Plaintiff's son was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in September, 2015. Amy Whitley claimed Dr. Pepper…
California Employment Law Update
September 2017 California Employment Law Notes
By Tony Oncidi
We invite you to review our newly-posted September 2017 California Employment Law Notes, a comprehensive review of the latest and most significant developments in California employment law. The highlights include: Jobseeker Website…
California Employment Law Update
Former Elementary School Teacher’s Discrimination Claims Were Properly Stricken Under Anti-SLAPP Statute
By Tony Oncidi
Okorie v. Los Angeles Unified Sch. Dist., 2017 WL 3499226 (Cal. Ct. App. 2017) Dioka Okorie sued his employer, the Los Angeles Unified School District and others, alleging discrimination, harassment and…
California Employment Law Update
Claims For Retaliation And Intentional Infliction Of Emotional Distress Should Not Have Been Dismissed
By Tony Oncidi
Light v. California Dep't of Parks & Recreation, 14 Cal. App. 5th 75 (2017) Melony Light worked as an assistant, office technician and eventually a staff services analyst at the…
Texas Workers Compensation Law Blog
Can the company I work for fire me for filing a workers’ compensation claim?
By John Gibson
https://youtu.be/qaIou7mTgHc Can the company I work for fire me for filing a workers’ compensation claim? If you feel threatened by your company because you want to follow workers' compensation claim,…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
How Much Retaliation is Enough Retaliation
In a recent decision, the Fifth Circuit addressed the difficult question regarding what level of reprisal is enough to constitute retaliation? In Cabral v. Brennan, 853 F.3d 763 (5th Cir.…
EEOC Year-End Countdown
Summary Judgment Denied For Employer Who Circulated Letter About Employee’s Disability Discrimination Charge
By Alex W. Karasik Seyfarth Synopsis: After an employer circulated a letter to 146 employees discussing an employee’s EEOC Charge that alleged discrimination on the basis of his disability in…
MS Litigation Review & Commentary
$83,447 Verdict in Oxford Federal Court Retaliation Trial
On Wednesday a federal court jury in Oxford rendered a plaintiff verdict of $83,447.08 in Griggs v. Chickasaw County. Here is the resulting Judgment. The plaintiff Lamon Griggs was a…
Litigators at Work
Sexual Harassment Case Costs Iowa Taxpayers $2.2 Million
A former staffer for the Iowa Senate Republican Caucus in Iowa has been awarded $2.2 million in damages for retaliation that will be paid from Iowa’s already-floundering general fund. Kirsten…
HR Law Talk
Avoiding Workplace Retaliation: Guidance for Employers
By Bass, Berry & Sims, Kimberly Veirs
In an article published in the Spring 2017 edition of Employment Relations Today, Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Kimberly Veirs discussed ways employers can avoid retaliation claims in her article "Avoiding…