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Over the next four blogs, we will provide an overview of the key elements of the EEOC’s recently released Enforcement Guidance on Retaliation and Related Issues. Today, we begin with an overview of retaliation and an explanation of the EEOC’s suggested “protected practices.”  Retaliation in the workplace is widespread and forms the most frequently cited […]

In most employment discrimination cases, the issue revolves around bias against the employee or job applicant because of an employee’s personal characteristics (such as color, race, religion, or sex), while retaliation cases are based on what an employee does. In retaliation cases, plaintiffs need to prove that because they did something (like file a complaint

The proverbial saying “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil” is often represented by three wise monkeys, each covering its eyes, ears, or mouth. Depending on the culture, this maxim can refer to a lack of moral responsibility through deliberate ignorance. The courts have coincidentally used the idea of the three wise monkeys

Imagine the following situation: an employee believes she is being sexually harassed, so she submits a complaint to her employer and later files a charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC holds a hearing where the employee testifies as to what she claims happened. An administrative law judge overseeing the hearing concludes that

If you witnessed a co-worker being sexually harassed by your boss, would you tell the truth to human resources if they asked you about it? Though you may have many concerns that may prevent you from getting involved, state and federal laws are written to encourage you to speak up. Antidiscrimination laws are written to

Depending on which side you are on, the situation in the case discussed in this blog is a real-life “soap opera” or ongoing sexual harassment and retaliation that threatened the career of an up-and-coming college professor. Unless the case settles or is dismissed, a $20 million lawsuit against a world-famous business school will be tried

Retaliation can include any adverse employment action done to punish someone after he or she seeks the protection of an antidiscrimination law. In a recent case, a jury in a Pennsylvania federal court held that Rudolph Karlo, a former employee who was laid off, was not rehired by his former employer because he refused to