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Home » Employers Dealing with Harassment Retaliation Claims Now Have to Deal with the NLRB Employers Dealing with Harassment Retaliation Claims Now Have to Deal with the NLRB BY CHRISTINA STONEBURNER ON AUGUST 13, 2014POSTED IN RETALIATION, SEXUAL HARASSMENTOn Monday, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) puts its considerable weight behind protecting employees who try to garner support for their harassment claims. …

Your company’s personnel policies set expectations and standards for your employees, and can be used as a key defense tool in litigation. Accordingly, it is important to conduct regular audits of these policies to ensure they accurately reflect evolving legal obligations. Here are ten ways your company’s personnel policies may be exposing your company to…

2dCir upholds malicious prosecution verdict against employee who accused co-worker of breast-grabbing By Brandi O. Brown, J.D. Upholding a jury’s decision finding malicious prosecution against an employee who took her complaint that a coworker had grabbed her breast to the police, a Second Circuit panel found the essential elements of a malicious prosecution claim had…

PRESS RELEASE 8-13-14 Bertolini Corporation to Pay $92,500 to Settle EEOC Retaliation Lawsuit Chair Manufacturer Fired Employees for Reporting Discrimination, Agency Charges NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Bertolini Corporation, a stackable chair manufacturer based in Chino, Calif., will pay $92,500 to settle a retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced…