Posted On: December 17, 2009
Retaliation – One Degree of Separation
Suppose you and your spouse work for the same company and your spouse is one of those rebel rousing whistle blower types. First, consider finding a new job or a new spouse. But if you can’t do either, then you should carefully track the outcome of Thompson v. North American Stainless.
That case is pending before the U.S. Supreme Court and it involves a man who was fired shortly after his fiancee filed an EEOC charge against their common employer. The Court will decide if the anti-retaliation provisions of Title VII extend to third-parties like husbands and wives and the like. Thanks to Ross Runkel at the Law Memo for reporting this development.
