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CDF Labor Law LLP

Intersection Between Defamation and Wrongful Termination Claims - California Court of Appeal Provides Clarification

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Employees who sue their former employer for wrongful termination following a workplace investigation may feel compelled to bring a claim for defamation, based on their belief that the allegations and/or investigation findings...more

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Alberta, Canada’s Human Rights Tribunal Awards $50,000 to Employee Whose Employment Was Terminated After Claiming Sexual...

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In McCharles v Jaco Line Contractors Ltd., 2022 AHRC 115, an employee alleged that her employer discriminated against her on the basis of gender contrary to the Alberta Human Rights Act (AHRA) when it terminated her...more

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Implied duty of mutual trust and confidence and employers’ right to terminate

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In Hong Kong, an implied duty of mutual trust and confidence (“Duty”) exists between an employer and an employee. This duty requires that an employer shall not “without reasonable and proper cause, conduct itself in a manner...more

Cozen O'Connor

#No Filter: Terminating an Employee for Social Media Posts – Part 2

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Prior to the advent of social media and especially the #MeToo movement, employers were generally comfortable drawing a bright line between what employees did on their own time and workplace misconduct. ...more

McAfee & Taft

Oklahoma jury awards transgender employee $1.165 million

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The courts, the Department of Justice, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission hold differing views on whether Title VII prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or sexual identity....more

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Justice Department Seeks to Intervene in Lawsuit Alleging Race Discrimination and Retaliation by Pocomoke City, Maryland, the...

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WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today that it has moved to intervene in Savage et al. v. Pocomoke City et al., a private lawsuit alleging race discrimination and retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights...more

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EEOC Sues Midwest Freight Systems for Breach of Mediation Agreement

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Company Refused to Honor Agreement to Pay Monetary Relief to Charging Party, Federal Agency Charges - DETROIT - Midwest Freight Systems Corporation, a freight transportation company with headquarters in Warren, Mich.,...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Front Pay & Back Pay: How About No Pay?

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In Caterpillar Logistics Services, Inc. v. Amaya, 2016 WL 822020 (Fla. 3d DCA July 13th, 2016), Rudolph Amaya suffered an on-the-job injury to his back and knee while working at Caterpillar’s facility.  Shortly thereafter,...more

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Federal Judge Awards $1,470,000 in EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Case Against Z Foods

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Workers Who Were Sexually Harassed and Fired for Complaining Vindicated in Court's Ruling - FRESNO, Calif. - A federal judge has ordered Z Foods, Inc., once one of the largest dried fruit processors in the United States,...more

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Minnesota Court Creates “Wrongful Discharge” Damages Claim for MFLSA Violations

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In an unexpected surprising broadening of employee rights under the Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act, the Minnesota Court of Appeals held, on June 27, 2016, that an employee who is discharged for refusing to obey an...more

Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation

Cal. App. Court Finds in Favor of Whistleblower Who Never Complained of Unlawful Conduct by the Employer

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In Cardenas v. M. Fanaian, D.D.S., Inc., Case No. F069305 (Cal. App. 5 Dist.), a California Court of Appeal determined that Plaintiff Cardenas could pursue a California Labor Code Section 1102.5 retaliation claim against her...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

California Court Approves Retaliation Protection For Private Police Report

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The California Court of Appeal held last week in Cardenas v. M. Fanaian, D.D.S., Inc. that retaliation claims under California Labor Code § 1102.5 need not be based on a report of employer wrongdoing or promote a fundamental...more

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EEOC Sues Morse Moving & Storage For Retaliation Discrimination

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Moving Company Fired an Employee For Complaining of Harassment, Federal Agency Charges - DETROIT - Morse Moving & Storage, a residential and corporate moving services provider, violated federal law by firing an employee...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Former JSU Women’s Basketball Coach Receives Additional Award in Wrongful Termination Suit

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In August, a judge awarded former Jackson State University (JSU) head coach, Denise Taylor, $200,000 in damages for “emotional pain and suffering” she endured during her employment. Taylor was the head women’s basketball...more

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