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Supreme Court backs moms under Title VII.(NEWSWATCH)
Working moms scored big with a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that retaliation can be any action likely to dissuade a reasonable employee from complaining about bias.
The Court's 8 to 1 decision on June 22 ruled against Sheila White's employer's argument: Courts should not interfere with employers' ability to change workers' job assignments or to suspend them without pay pending disciplinary decisions, even if those things were done in retaliation.
At the heart of the case is forklift operator Sheila White, who suffered retaliation after she complained of sexual harassment. After White complained of harassment, her foreman was disciplined and sent to sexual harassment training. At the same time, she was also reassigned from the rail yard's forklift to rail repair. ...
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