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A Uniform Standard For Exemplary Damages In Employment Discrimination Cases, Judith J. Johnson Jan 1999

A Uniform Standard For Exemplary Damages In Employment Discrimination Cases, Judith J. Johnson

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The standards for exemplary damages in employment discrimination cases are in disarray. The major federal provisions that prohibit private employment discrimination, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ("Title VII"), 42 U.S.C. § 1981 ("§ 1981"), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA"), and the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), all have an indistinguishably worded standard for assessing exemplary damages: "reckless indifference to federally protected rights."


Do Agency Employees Have A Right To Union Representation When Questioned By An Oig Investigator? An Analysis Of Nasa V. Flra, Barbara J. Fick Jan 1999

Do Agency Employees Have A Right To Union Representation When Questioned By An Oig Investigator? An Analysis Of Nasa V. Flra, Barbara J. Fick

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This article previews the Supreme Court case NASA v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, 527 U.S. 229 (1999). The author expected the case to raise the question of whether the Office of Inspector General within a federal agency is acting as a representative of the agency when it conducts investigatory interviews of agency employees, so as to trigger the employee's right to union representation.