Is there a causal link between protected activity and an adverse employment action?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Moniz v. City of Delano, Case No.: 1:13-cv-00093 - JLT (E.D. Cal. 2014):
The requisite causal link between protected activity and an adverse employment action may be "inferred from circumstantial evidence, such as the employer's knowledge that the plaintiff engaged in protected activities and the proximity in time between the protected action and the allegedly retaliatory employment decision." Yartzoff v. Thomas, 809 F.2d 1371, 1375 (9th Cir. 1987). Notably, "causation
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