The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review whether the anti-retaliation provision in Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects a worker from being dismissed because she cooperated in an employer’s internal sexual harassment investigation. The case at issue is a Sixth Circuit decision in Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee holding that the employee was not engaged in a protected activity, and that participation in an internal investigation initiated by the employer in the absence of any pending Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charge was also not protected.
Supreme Court to Decide if Witnesses Protected by Title VII
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review whether the anti-retaliation provision in Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects a worker from being dismissed because she cooperated in an employer’s internal sexual harassment investigation. The case at issue is a Sixth Circuit decision in Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee holding that the employee was not engaged in a protected activity, and that participation in an internal investigation initiated by the employer in the absence of any pending Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charge was also not protected.
