3rd Circuit Declines To Decide Standard For Federal-Sector Retaliation Claims

Mealey's (April 4, 2019, 8:02 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on March 12 held that federal employees may bring retaliation claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 but declined to decide what standard governs such claims after holding that the employee in the appeal failed to show that she could prevail under any of the potential standards (Chrysoula J. Komis v. Secretary of the United States Department of Labor, No. 14-3813, 3rd Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 7282)....