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The Employer Handbook Blog
She Complained About Harassment, Got a Protective Order, and Was Fired the Next Day. An $80K Lesson in Bad Timing.
According to the EEOC, an employee complained about six months of sexual harassment. Her employer allegedly did nothing. So she went to court, got a protective order against the harasser,…
EJIL: Talk!
The ECtHR’s First Victimisation Judgment… 50 years after the 1975 Equal Pay Directive
In December 2025, in Ortega Ortega v. Spain, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), for the first time, found that unremedied employer retaliation against a sex discrimination complainant amounted to…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Can the DOL Seek Punitive Damages for FLSA Retaliation? A Kentucky Case May Shape the Answer
By By: Mathew Parker, Samuel H. Ottinger
Quick Hits In Sonderling v. Ikes Artisan Pizza LLC, the DOL argued that the FLSA’s anti-retaliation provision grants courts broad authority to award punitive damages against employers. The case implicates…
Achkar Law Blog
Can I Be Let Go for Making a Complaint Against My Employer?
Raising concerns about unfair or unlawful practices at work can feel intimidating, especially if you’re worried about being terminated as a result. In Ontario, both the Employment Standards Act, 2000…
The Employer Handbook Blog
He Complained. He Got Fired Six Days Later. The Employer Still Won. Here’s How.
The termination decision-maker didn’t know about the complaint. That gap cost the employee everything. TL;DR: A security supervisor reported his manager for favoring female employees, then got fired days later…
The Employer Handbook Blog
The $11.5M SHRM Post-Trial Ruling Is Here. The Warnings Inside Apply to Every HR-Sophisticated Employer.
The $11.5 million verdict against SHRM survived. Now the court’s explanation of why offers a sharper lesson than the verdict itself. TL;DR: A federal court denied SHRM’s post-trial motions seeking…
California Employment Law Update
Lights, Camera … Legal Power: Lively v. Wayfarer and the Expanding Reach of FEHA
By Tony Oncidi, Dixie Morrison
The recent court opinion in Lively v. Wayfarer Studios LLC et al involves quite literally a Hollywood drama, but it’s chock-full of practical lessons for employers in and outside Tinseltown…
All Things HR
It Ends with Contractor Status: Lessons from Blake Lively’s Sexual Harassment Case
By Sara Jodka
A closer look at worker classification, retaliation risk, and the limits of federal protections On April 2, 2026, Judge Lewis J. Liman of the Southern District of New York issued…
The Employer Handbook Blog
Bad, abrupt termination after a discrimination complaint. Still lawful. Here’s why.
An employee complained to HR about discrimination. About two and a half months later, the employer skipped progressive discipline, gave no warning, and fired her the same day over emails.…
The Employer Handbook Blog
When Supervisors Threaten Retaliation at Onboarding and Then Deliver
Two supervisors warned a new hire in his first weeks on the job: file an EEO complaint against us, and we’ll end your government career. Then they did. TL;DR: The…