Susan Farrell v. Planters Lifesavers Company Nabisco, Inc

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• holding that temporal proximity can provide a causal link between protected activity and an adverse employment action, and that such proof may also weigh on pretext
• holding that a plaintiff may establish a causal connection on a retaliation claim “by showing that the employer gave inconsistent reasons” for the adverse employment action
• holding that “timing of three to four weeks” was “suggestive” of retaliation
• noting that a plaintiff may establish a causal connection by showing that the employer gave inconsistent reasons for the adverse employment action
• noting that connection between adverse employment adion and protected activity may be established where employer gives inconsistent reasons lor terminating plaintiff
• explaining that temporal proximity between an employee's protected conduct and the employer's adverse action coupled with inconsistent reasons given for the action can call into doubt the employer's stated basis for the action

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