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Labor/Employment

Jul. 14, 2006

Supreme Court Expands Protections Against Employer Retaliation

The U.S. Supreme Court's recent love affair with employment retaliation cases continued on June 22 with a monumental decision in Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White, 2006 DJDAR 7866.

By Arthur F. Silbergeld and Benjamin Davidson
Employment

      The U.S. Supreme Court's recent love affair with employment retaliation cases continued on June 22 with a monumental decision in Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White, 2006 DJDAR 7866. The decision broadly interprets the scope of anti-retaliation rights under the 1964 Civil Rights Act by prohibiting any action by an employe...

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