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2010AP1902 Town of Rome Police Department v. Labor and Industry Review Commission, et al.
Chrysler to pay $60K in Milwaukee retaliation case
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A federal agency says Chrysler Group LLC has agreed to pay $60,000 to resolve allegations of retaliation against two female workers at a Milwaukee distribution center. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says a judge accepted the consent decree Wednesday. According to the EEOC, a supervisor reassigned a female worker from a […]
09-834 Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp.
Employment FLSA; retaliation The scope of statutory term “filed any complaint” in the Fair Labor Standards Act includes oral, as well as written, complaints. A narrow interpretation would undermine the Act’s basic objective, which is to prohibit “labor conditions detrimental to the maintenance of the minimum standard of living necessary for health, efficiency, and general […]
10-1846 Loudermilk v. Best Pallet Co., LLC
Employment Retaliation Where an employee was fired after submitting a note complaining about racial discrimination, summary judgment was improperly granted to his employer on his retaliation claim. “Best Pallet insists that Lyons did not read the note before firing Loudermilk, but Lyons himself says that he did read it (though Lyons maintains that Loudermilk delivered […]
09-291 Thompson v. North American Stainless, L.P.
Employment Retaliation; spouses An employee may sue his employer for retaliation, if he is terminated because his wife filed an employment discrimination claim. If the facts Thompson alleges are true, his firing by NAS constituted unlawful retaliation. Title VII’s antiretaliation provision must be construed to cover a broad range of employer conduct. Burlington N. & […]
09-1496 Leitgen v. Franciscan Skemp Healthcare, Inc.
Employment Retaliation Where an employer was dissatisfied with an employee’s interpersonal skills for years before she complained of gender disparity in pay, and the pay dispute had also been ongoing for years, the employee’s termination was not retaliation. “Leitgen responds that her complaints were ongoing up until September 2006, and therefore a large time gap […]
2009AP2203 Garner v. State of Wisconsin, et al.
Employment WFEA; retaliation Theresa Garner appeals the circuit court’s order and judgment dismissing her action against the State of Wisconsin, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the University of Wisconsin System, the University of Wisconsin System Administration, Joely B. Urdan, Shannon E. Bradbury, Brenda Sedmak, Alan Crist, Jason Beier, Sandra D. Humes, Amy R. Watson and Diane [&hel[...]
09-1757 Norman-Nunnery v. Madison Area Technical College
Employment Retaliation; right of association; due process Where a candidate for a position was not the most qualified candidate, summary judgment was properly granted to the employer on her claim that she was not fired because her husband once filed a frivolous lawsuit against the employer. “Under either case, Norman-Nunnery’s claim cannot survive summary judgment […]
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