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Retaliation
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Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights
New Jersey Combats Pay Inequality
In August 2013, Governor Christie approved an amendment to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“NJLAD”) prohibiting employers from retaliating against employees who request current or former colleagues to provide…
California Employment Law Update
Whistleblower Employee Must Exhaust Administrative Remedies Before Suing For Retaliatory Discharge
By Tony Oncidi
MacDonald v. State of Cal., 2013 WL 4522792 (Cal. Ct. App. 2013) Aaron MacDonald worked for the State of California and the California State Assembly and was fired shortly after…
California Employment Law Update
Discrimination Claims Were Barred By Statute Of Limitations
By Tony Oncidi
Acuna v. San Diego Gas & Elec. Co., 217 Cal. App. 4th 1402 (2013) Esperanza Acuna filed three separate complaints against her employer (San Diego Gas & Electric) with the…
Employment Discrimination Report
Employee Fired For Refusing Boss’s Racist-Laced Order To Fire African-American Employee
Taking an adverse employment action against an employee for complaining of discrimination or filing a complaint or charge of discrimination is retaliation under all of the anti-discrimination laws. So is taking…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Accommodations Apply to More than Essential Functions
In the recent case of Feist v. State of Louisiana, No. 12-31065, 2013 WL 5178846 (5th Cir. 9/16/13), the appellate court reversed summary judgment in favor of the employer. The…
Education Law Prof Blog
Special Education Teacher Who Objected to School’s Inclusion Plan Failed to State Valid Retaliation Claim Under § 504 or First Amendment
The Tenth Circuit has rejected a former special educationteacher’s § 504 and First Amendment retaliation claims based on herreassignment to a general education classroom in Duvall v. Putnam City Sch.…
Education Law Prof Blog
Eleventh Circuit Upholds $1 Million Sexual Harassment Verdict Against Alabama State University
Alabama State University was awarded $1.54 million grantfrom the National Institutes of Health on Monday, which makes ASU’s other recent newsworthy event—in theform of a scalding opinion from the 11th Circuit…
Proskauer Whistleblower Defense
New Jersey Pay Equity Measure Says No Reprisals Against Employees Requesting Information About Co-Workers
By Lawrence R. Sandak, Daniel Saperstein
On August 28, 2013, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed A-2648 to add a new non-retaliation pay equity measure to the Law Against Discrimination ("LAD") (hereinafter, the "amendment" or "law").…
Alabama Employment Law Report
$1 Million + Verdict Against Alabama State University For Use Of “N” Word
On September 3, the 11th Circuit upheld a verdict in favor of 3 plaintiffs against Alabama State University as the result of a hostile work environment and retaliation during their…
GT L&E Blog
The Risky Business of Litigating Retaliation Claims
Atlanta attorneys David Long-Daniels and Peter Hall recently co-authored an article for the American Bar Association’s Journal of Labor & Employment entitled “Risky Business: Litigating Retaliation Claims”. The article analyzes…