Case: Discrimination/Retaliation (W.D. Va.)

A federal district court denied Volvo Group North America, LLC’s motion to dismiss a retaliation claim under the Virginia Human Rights Act brought by a production supervisor with hearing loss who alleged that he was terminated for opposing his employer’s failure to provide pregnancy-related accommodations to a coworker, finding that he had standing under the VHRA’s broader anti-retaliation provision that protects opposition to unlawful discriminatory practices.

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