· 8/8/2011
Millea v. Metro-North Railroad
Citations
- 658 F.3d 154
- 17 Wage & Hour Cas.2d (BNA) 1825
- 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 16354
- 94 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 44,288
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that actionable acts of retaliation therefore do not have to \relate to the specific terms and conditions of the employee's employment.\
- holding that whether the plaintiff encountered an “unusual circumstance” making him unable to notify his supervisor was a question of fact, not law, properly decided by the jury.
- holding that the “FMLA’s anti-retaliation provision has the same underlying purpose as Title VII” and applied Title VII’s standard for determining what constitutes a materially adverse employment action by an employer to the FMLA’s anti-retaliation provision”
- suggesting that a written reprimand can constitute a materially adverse employment action under certain circumstances
- explaining that it is legal error to fail to calculate the lodestar “as a starting point”
- explaining that it is legal error to fail to calculate the lodestar “as a starting point”
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Judges: Jacobs, Hall, Scheindlin
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