Case: Individual Employment Rights/Retaliation (Neb.)

An employee of Greater Omaha Packing Co. alleging retaliation and wrongful discharge for discussing compensation and asking for a bigger bonus, is granted reversal of a district court’s ruling of a directed verdict to Greater Omaha based on a state law that excludes discussing compensation during work hours from protected conduct, since Greater Omaha waived the statutory affirmative defense by failing to plead it, and reinstatement of a jury’s $660,000 award, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled.