by travisadmin | Aug 21, 2020 | News
In Marquardt v. City of North Cleveland, Ohio (6th Cir., No. 19-4223, 8/19/20), the plaintiff Jamie Marquardt, a captain in the Cleveland EMS, made incendiary comments on his private Facebook page regarding the death of Tamir Rice, a 12-year old who was...
by travisadmin | Aug 6, 2020 | Retaliation and Whistle-Blowing
In Davis v. Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Tenn. Ct. App., M.S., 8/5/2020), Davis sued the defendant medical center alleging he was discharged because he refused to remain silent about the employer’s failure to enact policies to safeguard its...
by travisadmin | Aug 4, 2020 | Arbitration, Labor Law
In Weather Service Employees Ass’n v. Federal Labor Relations Authority (DC Cir., No 19-1163, 7/31/2020), the District of Columbia Circuit overruled a decision of the FLRA, for the second time in less than 60 days. In this case, the Weather Service Employees...
by travisadmin | Jul 31, 2020 | Arbitration, Labor Law
In United Auto Workers v. Trane (8th Cir., No. 19-2255, 07/30/2020), the Eighth Circuit of Appeals reversed the district court’s dismissal of claims by the Union seeking to vacate an arbitration award. The Union alleged Trane had breached the terms of the collective...
by travisadmin | Jul 7, 2020 | Retaliation and Whistle-Blowing, Title VII
In Kenney v. Aspen Technologies (No. 19-1027, 6th Cir., 7/6/2020), the plaintiff, a production manager, alleged under both Title VII and Michigan’s Elliott-Larson Civil Rights Act, that the employer discharged her in retaliation for her complaints regarding the...
