EEOC Nabs Retaliation Victory for Worker Asked About BLM Protest

A Shreveport, La., dental clinic violated federal law by placing a Black employee on unpaid leave and later firing her for complaining about being asked if she attended a Black Lives Matter protest.

The decision Monday is a rare case in which direct proof of bias or retaliation is found and reaffirms that a workplace complaint doesn’t need to be based on actual discrimination to be shielded under the law.

The US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana granted summary judgment on liability to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on the agency’s retaliation claim for former Council for ...