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&lt;p&gt;This just in from the department of things the Supreme Court really shouldn&amp;rsquo;t have had to weigh in on: it&#39;s not OK for employers to retaliate against or unlawfully dismiss your relatives if you&#39;ve hit said employer with a discrimination complaint.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Who&#39;d have &lt;em&gt;thunk&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In an eight-page opinion by Justice Antonin Scalia, the court ruled Monday that existing federal anti-retaliation laws cover relatives&amp;mdash;including, in the case at hand, a fianc&amp;eacute;. The case had reached the Supreme Court after an appeals court had previously ruled that &quot;the law only protected against retaliation against workers who file the discrimination claim.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In case behaving (or expecting your boss to behave) like a reasonable human being is beyond you, here&#39;s a practical example of what the ruling means:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Employee A and Employee B are related. Both work for Manager X.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Employee A files a discrimination complaint against Manager X. Manager X is peeved.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Under the appeals court ruling, Manager X could have retaliated by firing Employee B&amp;mdash;thereby turning one case of discrimination (whether proven or not) into two.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Under the ruling handed down by the Supremes, however, Manager X is no longer allowed to fire (or demote, or cut the pay of, or &amp;hellip; well, you get the idea) Employee B with the express intention of hurting Employee A.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Instead, Manager X now has to work a little harder to get rid of Employee B. At the very least, they have to trump up some &quot;evidence&quot; to justify a dismissal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We can all sleep a little better knowing that, now, can&#39;t we?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Read More:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Reuters&lt;/em&gt;: US top court upholds anti-bias law protections&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;--Phil Stott, Vault.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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