· 3/21/2013
Ehnae Northington v. H & M International
Citations
- 712 F.3d 1062
- 2013 WL 1150215
- 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 5568
- 96 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 44,798
- 117 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1053
How courts have described this case
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- where the harassment itself is a purported violation of Title VII, an employee’s complaints qualify as a protected activity
- Title VII protects internal complaints “only if the[y] arose from harassment based on a protected factor”
- an employee engages in a protected activity by “filing a charge . . . or participating in any manner in [a] . . . proceeding or hearing under Title VII[.]”
- “An employee engages in a protected activity by either: (1
- “Vague and obscure ‘complaints’ do not constitute protected activity.”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Easterbrook, Cudahy, Tinder
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