New York: Retaliation Charge Unsuccessful in Spite of Proximity of Termination to Filing of Claim

In maintaining a retaliatory discharge claim against the former employer, it is not enough, held a New York appellate court, to show close proximity between the filing of a workers’ compensation claim and the termination of employment where the employer offered evidence that the termination was not pretextual. Accordingly, it was appropriate for the Board to find there had been no retaliation where the claimant admitted that, prior to his work-related injury, he had been advised by a representative of the employer that the employer had contacted claimant’s union office seeking other qualified workers to replace him.

Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., the Feature National Columnist for the LexisNexis Workers’ Compensation eNewsletter, is co-author of Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law (LexisNexis).

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See Matter of Peterec-Tolino v. Five Star Elec. Corp., 2019 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 8960 (Dec. 12, 2019)

See generally Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law, § 104.07.

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