A recent decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reminded this writer that you can still learn something new about the law every day ' even
Employees with Duty to Report Bias Protected from Retaliation
The "manager rule" purports to address a concern that, if counseling and communicating complaints are part of a manager's regular duties, then "nearly every activity in the normal course of a manager's job would potentially be protected activity," and "an otherwise typical at-will employment relationship could quickly degrade into a litigation minefield," according to <I>Hagan v. Echostar Satellite</I>.
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