Employment discrimination · neov2 explore

AND · 29usc158:employment-discrimination

(formerly `variant adverse-action/discharge`) Disciplinary or discharge action under the sampled Wright Line analysis. Discharge is one variant; the statutory domain also includes hiring, tenure and other employment terms.

Exact element source

by discrimination in regard to hire or tenure of employment or any term or condition of employment

Source: docroot/ir/usc/title29.jsonl#title29_sec158; Unicode character offsets [640:738] (end exclusive); SHA-256 caadb20cedf4fd4e200812fc0ec46617cc7978ef7a6b0a30e355bccfeb7e0d06.

Routes and case patterns

Curated routes and observed case patterns
Route	Definition	Merits instance blocks	Distinct merits cases	Examples (up to 3 cases per count group)
_whole accepted; provisional (1 case)	The element is decided as a whole: the reasoning turns on no narrower doctrinal sub-question that distinguishes it from any other application of this element.	1 Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0	1	Novato Healthcare Ctr. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. — 916 F.3d 1095 (2019) · Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia · 2019 — satisfied · proved (29usc158: author: Astra4 · not independently reviewed) · applied/merits · counted Pattern: discharge/union-supporters-and-cover-discharge

How courts decided this element

Annotation blocks, including explicitly excluded context
Case	Element	Holding and scope	Pattern	Exact source quotations
Novato Healthcare Ctr. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. — 916 F.3d 1095 (2019) · Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia · 2019 — satisfied · proved (29usc158: author: Astra4 · not independently reviewed)	Employment discrimination	satisfied Counted merits instance applied / merits basis: proved; claim: (a); party: four Station 4 union supporters; Rodriguez addressed separately in opinion; subject: party=four Station 4 union supporters; Rodriguez addressed separately in opinion The reviewing court upholds factfinder credibility and discriminatory motivation; the four union adherents and Rodriguez have different factual roles.	discharge/union-supporters-and-cover-discharge	On October 12, two days before the scheduled election, Treude fired all five employees for sleeping on duty. Source: `docroot/ir/caselaw/f3d_916.jsonl#/f3d/916/1095-01`; Unicode character offsets [6368:6476] (end exclusive); SHA-256 `619b4737a25b3eff7f5171fe7092f24823bff6f7ac6a4f4f000ee78df3a3dcc2`. Evidence kind: fact; polarity: supports; absent flag: 0; quoted-rule flag: 0 (1 = tagged; 0 = not tagged) An employer violates Section 8(a)(1) and (3) by suspending or discharging an employee for engaging in protected union activity. Source: `docroot/ir/caselaw/f3d_916.jsonl#/f3d/916/1095-01`; Unicode character offsets [8519:8646] (end exclusive); SHA-256 `619b4737a25b3eff7f5171fe7092f24823bff6f7ac6a4f4f000ee78df3a3dcc2`. Evidence kind: rule; polarity: not recorded; absent flag: 0; quoted-rule flag: 0 (1 = tagged; 0 = not tagged) we deny Novato's petition for review and grant the Board's cross-application for enforcement. Source: `docroot/ir/caselaw/f3d_916.jsonl#/f3d/916/1095-01`; Unicode character offsets [844:937] (end exclusive); SHA-256 `619b4737a25b3eff7f5171fe7092f24823bff6f7ac6a4f4f000ee78df3a3dcc2`. Evidence kind: held; polarity: not recorded; absent flag: 0; quoted-rule flag: 0 (1 = tagged; 0 = not tagged)

Court interpretations

interpretation

An employer violates Section 8(a)(1) and (3) by suspending or discharging an employee for engaging in protected union activity.

Novato Healthcare Ctr. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. — 916 F.3d 1095 (2019) · Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia · 2019 (29usc158: author: Astra4 · not independently reviewed)

An employer violates Section 8(a)(1) and (3) by suspending or discharging an employee for engaging in protected union activity.

Source: docroot/ir/caselaw/f3d_916.jsonl#/f3d/916/1095-01; Unicode character offsets [8519:8646] (end exclusive); SHA-256 619b4737a25b3eff7f5171fe7092f24823bff6f7ac6a4f4f000ee78df3a3dcc2.