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Retaliation
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The Faculty Lounge
Cleveland State Law Faces Suit Over Alleged Anti-Union Retaliation
Two former Cleveland State University law school employees - Jean Lifter, a former assistant dean, and Sheldon Gelman, a retired tenured faculty member - are suing the University and Dean…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
What is Retaliation in the Second Circuit Under the FLSA?
On April 20, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a long-standing precedent when it held in Greathouse v. JHS Security Inc., that an internal…
Labor Days
Sixth Circuit Finds that Verbal Demand to Supervisor to Cease Harassing Behavior is Protected Activity Under Title VII
Most practitioners know that Title VII prohibits retaliation against any employee because he or she “opposed any practice made an unlawful employment practice [by the statute].” Title VII does not…
Labor & Employment Report
The Wrong Way to Respond to an Employee Complaint…
By Fiona W. Ong
I enjoy cases with odd facts - and here's one that unexpectedly came up in the (usually uninteresting) context of a Fair Labor Standards Act retaliation claim - Greathouse v.…
Texas Employment Law Update
Texas Supreme Court Reverses Million Dollar Verdict in Retaliation Case
Last week the Texas Supreme Court reversed a $1 million jury verdict in a retaliation case arising under state law. In San Antonio Water Systems v. Nichols, the court held…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Texas Supreme Court Changes Retaliation Requirements
The Texas Supreme Court reversed the jury decision in Nicholas v. SAWS. See decision here. The result is not surprising. The Texas Supreme Court frequently reverses jury verdicts in favor…
Corporate and Securities Law
SEC Makes Whistleblower Award in Connection With Retaliation Case
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Retaliation Claims Still Remind Us: Scrutinize Your Employment Decisions
I know. We're a bit of a broken record here. Another post on the perils on retaliation claims. (I'm resisting adding the "so sue me" joke here.) But new decisions…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Sixth Circuit Holds Employees Cannot be Fired as Retaliation for Complaining to Sexually Harassing Boss
By Tracy Thomas
ABA J, Workers Who Complain to Sexually Harassing Boss are Protected from Retaliation, Appeals Court SaysEmployees who tell their bosses to stop sexually harassing them are engaging in protected activity and…
Labor Days
After Second Circuit Decision, Oral Complaint to Employer May Support FLSA Retaliation Claim
By Kelley Drye
Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"), it is unlawful “to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee because such employee has filed any complaint ……