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Retaliation
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Fair Housing Defense
DOJ Files New Sexual Harassment Fair Housing Act Lawsuit
Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ filed a new Fair Housing Act (FHA) complaint in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri asserting that two landlords…
Global Workplace Insider
Second Circuit’s decision expands liability for discrimination under “cat’s paw” doctrine
You may be familiar with the Aesop fable in which a monkey convinces a naïve cat to burn his paw in order to pull chestnuts from a hot fire for…
Labor & Employment Law Navigator
The EEOC’s Enforcement Guidance Sanctions an Expanded View of Workplace Retaliation
By Purvi Patel
Earlier this year, we reviewed the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (“EEOC”) proposed enforcement guidelines regarding retaliation claims. After a 30-day comment period and input from approximately 60 individuals and organizations,…
Employment & Labor
EEOC Releases Retaliation Guidance – Employment Law This Week
Featured on Employment Law This Week: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued new guidance on workplace retaliation. The EEOC’s final guidance on retaliation includes concrete examples of retaliation issues…
Employment Law Matters
Recent Enforcement Guidance provides insight into EEOC’s assessment of retaliation claims.
Retaliation claims are asserted in nearly half of the charges received by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), according to its Chair, Jenny Yang, and now comprise the most frequently…
Employment & Labor
EEOC Issues Final Retaliation Guidance
By Nathaniel M. Glasser, Susan Gross Sholinsky, Patricia A. Wheeler
On August 29, 2016, the EEOC issued its final Enforcement Guidance on Retaliation and Related Issues (Guidance) to replace its 1998 Compliance Manual section on retaliation, including tips on ADA…
Michigan Employment Law Advisor
Employers Have New Guidance for Avoiding Retaliation Claims
By Jason Shinn
On August 25, 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued its Enforcement Guidance on Retaliation. As such, the newly published guidance should be a "must read" for HR professionals…
EEOC Year-End Countdown
The EEOC Issues New Enforcement Guidance On Retaliation
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Mark Casciari, and Christina M. Janice Seyfarth Synopsis: For the first time since 1998, the EEOC has updated its enforcement guidance on retaliation claims brought…
Employment & Labor
The EEOC Issues New Enforcement Guidance On Retaliation
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Mark Casciari, and Christina M. Janice Seyfarth Synopsis: For the first time since 1998, the EEOC has updated its enforcement guidance on retaliation claims brought…
Employment & Labor
Second Circuit Extends the Reach of the Cat’s Paw
In employment litigation, plaintiffs often rely on the “cat’s paw” doctrine to hold their employers liable for discriminatory or retaliatory animus of a supervisory employee who influenced, but did not…