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Articles From Kathryn Woodward

U.S. Supreme Court expands employees’ ability to pursue retaliation claims By Kathryn Woodward Labor and Employment Law, May 2009 The United States Supreme Court recently decided that an employee who answers questions about alleged harassment during an internal investigation may later pursue a retaliation claim even where the employee did not initiate the complaint.  
Timing may not be everything, but it is important in retaliation cases By Kathryn Woodward Labor and Employment Law, October 2005 Plaintiffs often try to establish causation based on the fact that they suffered an adverse employment action shortly after they engaged in a protected activity.
What is adverse to one may not be adverse to all in retaliation cases By Kathryn Woodward Labor and Employment Law, October 2005 In Washington v. Illinois Department of Revenue, 2005 WL 2000986 (7th Cir. 2005, August 22, 2005), the Seventh Circuit reversed a grant of summary judgment in favor of the employer, finding that switching an employee’s hours, but not position or rate of pay, may constitute an adverse action.

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