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A university professor did not have her employment contract renewed after two years on the job.
Why not?
She claimed it was in retaliation for previous internal complaints of discrimination. According to the school, there were several decision-makers, and most didn’t know she had complained. (So, how could they have retaliated?) Besides, it reduced her employment term because of “budget constraints and department needs.” However, the professor pointed out that the school hired two new tenured professors.
That’s a lot to unpack.
Let’s start with what a plaintiff must initially show to have a shot at establishing retaliation:
