Employment Law

Title VII and similar employment laws that protect employees would have no value if employers could punish employees for seeking protection under these laws. Thus, employment legislation protects employees from retaliation. For a successful retaliation claim, an employee needs to show that (1) she was engaged in statutorily protected activity; (2) she suffered a materially adverse action at the hands…

Unfortunately, sexual harassment still occurs in the workplace. This harassment may occur in the form of inappropriate comments, requests for sexual favors, inappropriate touching, and other degrading acts on the basis of sex. In order for harassment to be actionable, the harassment must be severe or pervasive enough to alter the conditions of employment. The harassment must create an abusive…