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Employment Law Note: Retaliation Claims: Recent Cases Are a Reminder of Their Broad Scope
Retaliation claims have become more numerous and can be more difficult to dismiss on summary judgment than claims based on the discrimination out of which the retaliation allegedly arises. Why? At least in part because once an employee complains of harassment or discrimination, any subsequent management of the employee's performance or conduct, no matter how legitimate, can be argued as retaliatory based on the complaint. In addition, courts have held that unlawful retaliation may occur even when the underlying substantive complaint of discrimination is rejected. Perhaps for these reasons, retaliation charges have constituted the largest portion of the EEOC's case load for several years now.
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Want to stay productive? Stay healthy!
Research has shown that the common surfaces you and your employees touch at work--things like office phones, computer keyboards and desk surfaces--are dirtier than a toilet seat. That's just gross. Create a healthier work environment, and boost productivity, with these common-sense tips.
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"Good management is the art of making problems so interesting, and their solutions so constructive, that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them."
-- Paul Hawken
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