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SUPREME COURT RULING TO PROTECT WORKER FIRED AFTER PARTICIPATING IN INTERNAL SEXUAL HARASSMENT INVESTIGATION

Written by David Cohen, M.S. | Mar 3, 2009 3:42:00 AM

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Crawford v. Metro Government of Nashville that federal law protects a worker from being fired after telling investigators in an internal company investigation about sexual harassment on the job. The Court ruled the anti-retaliation provision of Title VII extends to a worker who speaks out about discrimination not on her own, but in answering questions during an employer investigation. The ruling was written by Justice David H. Souter and is available here.