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Tag: Retaliation

Front Pay, Back Pay and other Damages in Retaliation Case

Tuesday, 08 October 2019 by Merritt Green
Arbas v. PhyAmerica Government Services, Inc., U.S. District Court, Eastern Dist. Va, April 2019. The Facts Catherine Arbas was employed as an art therapist by PhyAmerica Government Services, Inc. and contracted to work at the Womak Army Medical Center for the United States Department of the Army. On October 30, 2016, Arbas informed her direct
Contract LaborDamagesHostile Work EnvironmentRetaliationSexual Harassment
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Employer’s Must be Careful of Retaliation

Friday, 31 May 2019 by Merritt Green
Firing as possible retaliation
It should be clear that when an employee engages in lawful, protected activity, an employer may not retaliate by firing the employee.  Any subsequent firing must be based on separate and distinct conduct which warrants firing. A recently decided Fourth Circuit case, Carmack v. Commonwealth of Virginia, establishes that the passage of time may not
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