A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling has again widened the scope of when an employee can sue for whistleblower retaliation, and companies would do well to reconsider how they conduct investigations as a result of it.
The case, Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville, involved three women interviewed as part of an internal investigation of sexual harassment claims raised by another employee against a supervisor. The three women alleged that they, too, had been harassed, and were later fired for various claims of embezzlement and drug use. The lead plaintiff, Vicky Crawford, then filed suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
