Friday, June 9, 2017

No Retaliation For Termination Based on Employer’s Mistaken Belief of False Report, Says Fourth Cir.

By former Associate Jeffrey Hord

On June 7, 2017, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that, so long as an employer honestly believed its employee had made a false report of harassment, its decision to fire that employee cannot constitute unlawful retaliation...even if the employee’s report ultimately turned out to be truthful.