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Article: Employee can recover damages for retaliation, rules 11th Circuit
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- Lawyers USA
- Article date:
- February 11, 2008
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A Title VII plaintiff could recover damages for retaliation where
he was fired from his job after refusing to sign an arbitration
agreement that would have covered his pending race discrimination
claim, the 11th Circuit has ruled in affirming a $554,000 jury
award.
The plaintiff, an African-American, worked making elevator parts
at the defendant's plant. He filed a Title VII complaint with the
EEOC, alleging that he was denied a promotion because of his race
and that he endured a hostile work environment because of the
commonplace use of racial slurs by his superiors.
While the EEOC claim was pending, the defendant demanded that the
plaintiff sign its standard employee dispute resolution ...