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Navigating Workplace Retaliation Claims, Part 1: Understanding Retaliation and Preventing It

Workplace retaliation claims have been rising across industries. According to recent reports from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), retaliation is most frequently cited basis for discrimination charges....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The More You Know... Or Others Think You Know: Fifth Circuit Finds Decision-maker Had Knowledge to Constitute Retaliation

The Fifth Circuit has issued another opinion in the continuing saga of Jackson State University and its past athletic director, Dr. Vivian Fuller—this one about retaliation against a witness. To refresh everyone’s memory: A...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

EEOC Issues First Retaliation Guidance in Almost 20 Years

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently issued its first enforcement guidance on employment-related retaliation in almost 20 years. The Final Guidance is in response to numerous court rulings on...more

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EEOC Issues Final Enforcement Guidance on Retaliation and Related Issues

On August 25, 2016, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued its final “Enforcement Guidance on Retaliation and Related Issues.” Along with the final guidance, the EEOC issued a Q&A publication and a Small...more

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EEOC Issues Its First Guidance on Retaliation in Almost Two Decades: Next Steps for Employers

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On August 29, 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published its Final Enforcement Guidance on Retaliation and Related Issue. This was the first guidance from the EEOC on these issues since 1998. The EEOC...more

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EEOC Guidelines Provide a Confusing Roadmap to Investigating Retaliation Claims

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Employers have been warned time and time again – retaliation claims are on the rise.  With the number of these claims climbing, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued its Final Enforcement Guidance...more

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EEOC Updates Guidance on Retaliation Law Enforcement

Retaliation is the claim alleged most frequently in charges filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Nearly 45 percent of agency charges include a retaliation claim. On August 29, 2016, the EEOC...more

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Is the EEOC’S New Guidance on Retaliation Setting a New Legal Standard?

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It’s the most common employment law claim . . . retaliation. In 2015, 44.5% of the total EEOC charges were based on retaliation, which exceeded even race-based charges of discrimination. So it is not surprising that the...more

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The EEOC Issues New Enforcement Guidance On Retaliation

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Seyfarth Synopsis: For the first time since 1998, the EEOC has updated its enforcement guidance on retaliation claims brought under the various anti-discrimination laws the Commission is charged with enforcing. Observing...more

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EEOC Issues Updated Guidance on Workplace Retaliation

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On August 25, 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued updated guidance on workplace retaliation issues. The EEOC enforces Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with...more

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10 Things That the EEOC’s New Retaliation Guidance Considers “Protected Activity”

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued its new “Enforcement Guidance on Retaliation and Related Issues” on On August 25, 2016. Careful readers will be able to deduce from the section titled “Expansive Definition”...more

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Still Cookin’ In California Court: Bakery Employer Survives EEOC Motion For Summary Judgment

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In what has become an oft-used recipe in the EEOC cookbook of Title VII retaliation litigation, the government has once again utilized the strategy of taking an employer’s deposition and thereafter moving for summary...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

EEOC Retaliation Guidance, Part 3: A “Causal Connection” Checklist For Employers

This is the final installment of my analysis of the EEOC’s recently issued proposed Enforcement Guidance on Retaliation and Related Issues. Here are Part One (“You gotta be protected!”) and Part Two (“Was your employment...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

EEOC’s Proposed Retaliation “Guidance” Muddies the Waters for Employers

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For the first time in 18 years, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has offered proposed revisions to its official guidelines on workplace retaliation. In its proposed revisions, the agency expresses a very...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

EEOC’s Updated Retaliation Enforcement Guidance Seeks to Expand the Reach of its Anti-Retaliation Laws

Effectively responding to employee discrimination complaints by current employees without running afoul of federal and state anti-retaliation laws presents a slippery slope for all employers. In fact, retaliation complaints...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

EEOC Retaliation Guidance, Part 2: Was Your Employment Action “Adverse”?

What’s a “materially adverse employment action”? This is the second part in what should be a three-part series (it’s possible that we’ll need four) on the proposed Enforcement Guidance on Retaliation and Related Issues...more

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New EEOC Retaliation Guidance Seeks to Further Stack the Deck Against Employers

On January 21, 2016, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released its proposed changes to its guidance on workplace retaliation. These changes mark the first time the EEOC has modified its guidance in...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

EEOC Retaliation Guidance, Part 1: You Gotta Be “Protected”!

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued last week a proposed Enforcement Guidance on Retaliation and Related Issues that would update guidance issued in 1998. If you’re an in-house attorney or a Human Resources...more

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Blog: Disclosure of employee litigation in periodic reports: between Scylla and Charybdis?

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A recent case from the 7th circuit, Greengrass v. International Monetary Systems, Ltd., No. 13-2901, decided January 12, 2015, may be useful to keep in mind now that it’s 10-K season. ...more

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