Split 11th Circuit Panel Reaffirms Standard For Title VII Retaliation Claims

Mealey's (April 6, 2020, 10:23 AM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A former executive assistant who claims that she was subjected to retaliation after complaining about her supervisor’s allegedly biased treatment may proceed before a jury with her Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 retaliation claim, a split 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled April 2 in a per curiam ruling, reaffirming that the proper standard applicable to such claims is the one established in Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White (Susan Monaghan v. Worldpay US, Inc., No. 17-14333, 11th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 10452)....