207454 Resource 147682 147762 147762 1214234566640 1214234566640 Controlled Retroactive Corrections Do Not Always Avoid Liabilities

Recent court decision finds employer still liable despite corrective actions.

<p>In the recent lawsuit, Crawford v Carroll, the 11^th Circuit Court found that an employer can not avoid liability by retroactively giving a pay raise. In the case an employee was denied a merit pay increase suffering an adverse employment action. The court held that even though the employer corrected the action and raised the pay rate retroactively, the retroactive increase could not &ldquo;erase all injury associated with it, specifically the lost value and use of the funds during the time she was not receiving them&rdquo;. The court continued by stating that retroactive pay raises can not undo the harm caused by discriminatory or retaliatory acts. Based on this decision the employee was allowed to proceed with her retaliation and race bias claim.</p> 10 application/xml false adverse employment action Carwford v Carroll Circuit Court employer liability pay raise race bias retaliation retroactive Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 jstratton 216.58.130.130 false true false false true 214444 false false true false false false true 147682 blog blogsite/StaffScapes/web