Brenda Feis Appointed to EEOC Select Task Force

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In March 2015, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Washington formed a Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace to identify strategies to prevent and remedy harassment in the workplace. Ms. Feis was appointed to the Select Task Force along with 15 other members from around the country, including academics, legal practitioners from the plaintiff and defense sides, employers, employee advocacy groups, and organized labor.

FEIS GOLDY Wins Jury Trial in Retaliation Case

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In March 2014, FEIS GOLDY won a six-figure jury verdict in favor of its client in a retaliation case brought under the Illinois Whistleblower Act, 740 ILCS 174/15, and the common law of retaliatory discharge in Illinois state court. The plaintiff, a long-term director of a day care center, was terminated after reporting the day care center and its owner to the Department of Children and Family Services (“DCFS”) for violating DCFS rules for the protection of children.