534 U.S. 506 (2002) Cited 17,232 times 20 Legal Analyses
Holding with regard to a 67-year-old plaintiff and a 59-year-old comparator that " difference of eight years between the age of the person discharged and his replacement . . . is not insignificant"
Concluding fear of retaliation cuts in favor of "facilitating collective actions so that individual employees need not run the risk of individual suits"
Holding that the plaintiff did not offer enough evidence that the alleged retaliatory actions were material "and undertaken because of her complaints about salary equity."
925 F. Supp. 2d 453 (S.D.N.Y. 2013) Cited 154 times
Holding that plaintiff's complaints "about her salary cut . . . discrimination generally . . . and harassment and disparate treatment generally" failed "to state a retaliation claim under the FLSA or the New York Labor Law, as there is no indication that any Plaintiffs were actually complaining of EPA or NYSEPA violations such that these complaints constituted 'an assertion of rights protected by the statute' and a 'call for their protection."'