Labor/Employment
Feb. 1, 2011
Retaliation by Association
The U.S. Supreme Court recently broadened the prohibition on retaliatory conduct against third parties by employers. By Lonny Zilberman of Wilson Turner Kosmo.
"To retaliate against a man by hurting a member of his family is an ancient method of revenge, and is not unknown in the field of labor relations." NLRB v. Advertisers Mfg. Co., 823 F.3d 1086, 1087 (7th Cir.1987). Being born and growing up in the former Soviet Union as a young child, I know too well that reprisals against an individual's family or close associates have a long history as a method of punishing enemies, deterr...
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