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Retaliation Claims – The New Wave In Employment Litigation

 

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Virtually every employment lawsuit today includes a claim for retaliation – and workers are regularly winning on these claims (even when the underlying claim of discrimination or harassment is rejected). Couple this trend with the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Company v. White and employers should be very afraid .

This audio conference will discuss the new standard adopted by the high court this past June for evaluating retaliation claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (and, possibly, other federal employment laws). In addition, this presentation will help employers identify likely retaliation situations and craft a strategy for dealing with an employee without spawning a retaliation lawsuit. You won't want to miss this important audio conference!  

Learning Objectives:

  • Analyze what constitutes “retaliation” under employment laws, including the proper standard for evaluating whether certain conduct amounts to an “adverse employment action”
  • Discuss employers' responsibility for conduct of supervisors and co-workers after the new Supreme Court ruling
  • Identify policies, training techniques and investigation procedures that resolve complaints and avoid litigation Address how employers should handle employees after they file a complaint

Who Should Attend?

  • Human Resource Professionals
  • Executives
  • Team Managers
  • Supervisors
  • Line Managers

Presenters and Panelists

Joseph L. Beachboard, Esq.
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

Joseph L. Beachboard, a nationally recognized expert on employment law issues, is a shareholder in the Los Angeles office of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. In addition to representing management in a wide variety of employment and labor matters, Mr. Beachboard oversees the business development activities of the firm's 300 attorneys in 24 offices across the country.

Mr. Beachboard speaks regularly before human resource, personnel and employer groups on cutting edge employment law topics. He is frequently quoted in several local and national publications, including the Los Angeles Times , HR Executive, Workforce, Sacramento Bee, San Diego Union Tribune, San Jose Mercury News, Las Vegas Review Journal, Indiana Business Journal and Denver Business Journal . Articles written by Mr. Beachboard have been published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal , Los Angeles Business Journal, HR Advisor, Nashville Business Journal and The Tennessean . He is also a member of the California State Bar Association, American Bar Association and Los Angeles County Bar, Labor and Employment Law Section and served as an adjunct professor of labor management relations at Woodbury University from 1991 to 1995.  

Michael W. Fox

Mr. Fox has thirty years of experience representing employers, has been Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1980 and is a Fellow in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. He has been regularly listed in the Best Lawyers in America in Labor and Employment Law, as a Texas Monthly “Super Lawyer” in employment litigation and as one of America’s Leading Lawyers for Business by Chambers USA, where in the most recent issue he was characterized by clients as a “great trial lawyer” with a “knack of identifying the points in the case to focus on.”

Mr. Fox defends employers in employment law litigation all across Texas, including successfully defending the first male on male sexual harassment case tried to a jury in Texas. His most recent jury trials include no liability verdicts for a convenience store chain in an age/race discrimination and wage hour case (Amarillo federal court), a trucking company in a workers compensation retaliation case (El Paso state court), and a financial services institution in an age discrimination case (Dallas federal court).

In addition to trying lawsuits, he assists employers in designing and implementing Alternative Dispute Resolution programs which culminate in binding arbitration rather than traditional litigation. He has represented employers in more than 25 arbitration hearings on non-labor matters including race, sex and national origin discrimination, wage and hour claims, breach of contract and enforcement of covenants not to compete.

In July, 2002, Mr. Fox started the first employment law related web log, Jottings By An Employer’s Lawyer, now affiliated with law.com, where he provides regular updates on recent cases and other developments of interest to employers.

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