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Retaliation
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Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
OSHA Recommended Practices for Employers for Preventing and Addressing Retaliation
By James L. Curtis, Meagan Newman, and Craig B. Simonsen The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has published a draft document intended to “help employers” to develop a program to protect…
California Employment Law Update
November 2015 California Employment Law Notes
By Tony Oncidi
We invite you to review our newly-posted November 2015 California Employment Law Notes, a comprehensive review of the latest and most significant developments in California employment law. The highlights include: Newly Enacted California…
California Employment Law Update
Terminated Actress Was Not Required To Exhaust Administrative Remedies Before Suing For Retaliation
By Tony Oncidi
Sheridan v. Touchstone Television Prods., LLC, 2015 WL 6153287 (Cal. Ct. App. 2015) Nicollette Sheridan sued Touchstone after her contract on Desperate Housewives was not renewed, alleging that her termination…
California Employment Law Update
Court Affirms $118,000 Verdict In Favor Of Fired Employee Who Reported A Crime To The Police
By Tony Oncidi
Cardenas v. M. Fanaian, D.D.S., Inc., 240 Cal. App. 4th 1167 (2015) Rosa Lee Cardenas was terminated from her employment as a dental hygienist after she made a report to…
California Employment Law Update
Retaliation Against Family Members Of Whistleblowers Prohibited
By Tony Oncidi
This law prohibits employers from retaliating against an employee who is a family member of an employee who has or is perceived to have engaged in protected conduct or made…
California Employment Law Update
N.D. Cal.: Internal Whistleblowers Are Protected and May Sue Individual Directors
By Tony Oncidi, Bali Kumar, Jeremy M. Mittman
On October 23, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California largely denied a motion to dismiss a whistleblower retaliation claim brought by a company’s former general…
Understanding the ADA
Can a Corporation Pursue a Retaliation Claim?
My most popular blog entry this quarter by far is whether you can get compensatory and punitive damages for retaliation claims, which can be found here. This week's blog entry…
Legal Profession Blog
Out Of Their League
The Connecticut Appellate Court has affirmed the judgment in a case where the plaintiff had appealed the trial judge's decision not to recuse himself.The case started with the Darien Little League's…
Michigan Employment Law Advisor
Whistleblower Protection – It Takes More than Just Blowing a Whistle
By Jason Shinn
A decision released on 10/1/2015 from the Department of Labor's administrative review board (the "Board") highlighted employment law issues arising at the intersection of whistleblowing, retaliation, and reasonable accommodation involving…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
District Court for the EDNY Denies Motion to Dismiss Selective Enforcement Gender Discrimination and Retaliation Claims Related to Enforcement of Employer’s Hair Policy
By Lisa Lewis
In Visecchia v. Alrose Allegria LLC, a recent decision from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, the court granted in part and denied in…