A jury verdict for a plaintiff in a retaliation case must be affirmed, asseveral pieces of evidence that the plaintiff presented at trial “form a mosaic that is enough to support the jury’s finding of retaliation.” Serrano Muñoz v. Sociedad Española ...

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An award of summary judgment for a defendant employer on a plaintiff’s retaliation claim must be affirmed based on the plaintiff’s inability to show that she suffered an adverse employment action after complaining about age discrimination. Gómez-Pérez v. Potter (Lawyers ...

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Where a jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in an age discrimination action brought pursuant to Massachusetts law, the verdict should be upheld, as the trial judge committed no error in (1) giving a mixed-motive jury instruction, (2) ...

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There has been an uptick in class actions over employment screening practices that use consumer reports as grounds for making decisions about job applicants or employees.

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With more attention being given to corporate rule-breaking and stronger laws supporting those who report it, employment lawyers are seeing more workers claiming that they lost their jobs because they complained about wrongdoing in the workplace.

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