Retaliation: The fastest-growing discrimination claim

Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 350-358

  Sherwyn, David ^a   Eigen, Zev ^b   Gilman, Gregg ^a  

^a and Design   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Employment; Protected expression; Retaliation; Roundtable

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750035773     PISSN: 00108804     EISSN: 15523853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010880406294542     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. See EEOC.gov discrimination statistics.
2. Different state agencies have different names.
3. The Court explained this defense by asserting "proof that an employer had promulgated an anti-harassment policy with complaint procedure is not necessary in every instance as a matter of law." However, the Court did not explain how an employer could satisfy this burden without a policy. With regard to the employee's actions, the Court was again less than exact: "And while proof that an employee failed to fulfill the corresponding obligation of reasonable care to avoid harm is not limited to showing any unreasonable failure to use any complaint procedure provided by the employer, a demonstration of such failure will normally suffice to satisfy the employer's burden under the second element of the defense." Ellerth, 118 S.Ct at 10. Burlington Indus. v. Ellerth, 524 U.S. 742 (1998); Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, 524 U.S. 775 (1998).
4. Payne v. McLemore's Wholesale and Retail Stores, 654 F.2d 113 (5th Cir. 1981).
5. Ibid.
6. 224 F. 3d 701 (7th Cir. 1981).
7. 532 U.S. 68 (2001).
8. No. 05-259 (June 22, 2006).
9. The forklift duty is described as a "less arduous and cleaner job" than general laborer duties.
10. Reed v. A.W. Lawrence & Co., 95 F.3d 1170, 1178 (2d Cir.1996) (holding that twelve days will lead to an inference of retaliation).
11. Gorman-Bakos v. Cornell Co-op Extension of Schenectady, 252 F.3d 545, 554 (2nd Cir. 2001).
12. Richmond v. Oneok, Inc., 120 F.3d 205, 209 (10th Cir. 1997).
13. Hughes v. Derwinski, 967 F.2d 1168, 1174-1175 (CA7 1992); and Filipovic v. K&R Express Sys., Inc., 176 F.3d 390, 398-99 (7th Cir.1999).
14. Keller v. Orix Credit Alliance, Inc., 130 F.3d 1101, 1112 (3d Cir.1997).