The full Eleventh Circuit will decide whether a human resources manager who was fired by Kia Motors Manufacturing of Georgia after referring an employee complaining about sex bias to a job rights attorney can sue for retaliation.
The court’s June 17 order granting the automaker’s petition for en banc review vacates a Sept. 24 ruling by a three-judge panel of the court. The panel ruled that Andrea Gogel wasn’t barred from pursuing her retaliation claim just because she was speaking with the employee in her role as a Kia human resources representative.
The ineffectiveness of Kia’s internal procedures for policing ...
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