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Retaliation
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Employment Law Worldview
Management Employees Critical of Company Investigations Are Not Protected by Title VII
Late in January 2013, the United States Supreme Court refused to hear a case, Brush v. Sears Holding Corporation, involving an employee who alleged that she was terminated in retaliation…
EEOC Year-End Countdown
Rash Of Significant Settlements Signals EEOC Means Business About Retaliation
By Christopher J. DeGroff, Gerald Maatman, Jr.
By Christopher DeGroff We have been keeping our readers posted on the rapidly evolving developments concerning the EEOC’s agenda in 2013 and beyond. As we noted in past postings, the EEOC…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Zimmer and Sperino Amicus Brief in Mixed Motives Retaliation Case
Michael Zimmer (Loyola-Chicago) and Sandra Sperino (Cincinnati) are currently drafting an amicus brief to be filed in University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar. This case addresses mixed motive issues…
Employment & Labor
Rash Of Significant Settlements Signals EEOC Means Business About Retaliation
By Christopher DeGroff and Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. We have been keeping our readers posted on the rapidly evolving developments concerning the EEOC’s agenda in 2013 and beyond. As we noted…
Proskauer Whistleblower Defense
Supreme Court Asked To Decide If Retaliation Claims Require New Administrative Charge
By Michael J. Graham, Steven J. Pearlman
On January 8, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court was petitioned to rule on whether employees must file a new or amended charge to pursue an employment retaliation claim arising from…
Employment Discrimination Report
5 Things You Need To Know About Retaliation
"Any employment discrimination problem -- sexual harassment or anything else -- can always be made worse and more injurious to the conduct of the employer's business. Retaliation is guaranteed to do…
Proskauer Whistleblower Defense
How U.S. Supreme Court Ruling On Title VII Retaliation Standard Case May Affect Claims Under Whistleblower & Other Anti-Retaliation Statutes
By James Segroves, Daniel Saperstein, Steven J. Pearlman
"But-for" or "mixed motive" is a causation question not unknown to the U.S. Supreme Court. In Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins, 490 U.S. 228 (1989), a plurality held that the anti-discrimination…
Proskauer Whistleblower Defense
2012 EEOC Year in Review – Retaliation Charges Continue to Rise
By Lloyd B. Chinn, Rachel Fischer
According to a recently released report, the EEOC received more retaliation charges in 2012 than in any prior year. And, in 2012, it received more retaliation charges than in any…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Supreme Court Accepts Case Regarding Proof in Retaliation Cases
The likelihood that the U.S. Supreme Court will accept an appeal are less than 1%. So, when the Supreme Court accepts a new petition, that is news. The Supreme Court…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Maslanka on Nassar
Mike Maslanka has a nice post at Work Matters on the importance of the retaliation case the Supreme Court has just accepted certiorari on, Nassar v. University of Texas Southwestern…