DISCRIMINATION: Retaliation claim relating to refusal to interview or hire former HR employee for part-time positions properly rejected on summary judgment… Haddon affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]
Wrongful discharge, Galbreath rule, discharge letter
WRONGFUL DISCHARGE: Galbreath rule limiting defense to reasons in discharge letter not superseded by 1999 amendments but evidence offered to substantiate those reasons admissible… answer to 9th Circuit question (reversing Watters’s summary judgment for employer). [Read more…]
Race, African American co-workers’ “boorish” comments
RACE DISCRIMINATION: African American’s co-workers’ comments/behavior “boorish and distressing” but not severe or pervasive enough to alter conditions of employment, complaint dismissed as lacking merit… OAH administrative decision… Caroline Holien. [Read more…]
Wrongful discharge, cable manager
WRONGFUL DISCHARGE: Fact issues preclude summary judgment as to whether cable manager who was fired after Facebook criticism of Governor was terminated for stated reasons of failing to meet purported 50% travel requirement and allowing an employee to perform unauthorized electrical work… recommendations by Cavan. [Read more…]
Tortious interference, truck driver urination
TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE: No evidence that aviation fuel tank farm owner acted intentionally to damage fuel truck driver’s employment by complaining about him urinating on ground while waiting for employees to arrive to unlock gate… H. Brown affirmed (IOR I-3(c)). [Read more…]