Fired Employee Seeks U.S. Supreme Court Ruling On Pretext Analysis

Mealey's (February 7, 2023, 12:12 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A worker who was fired after questioning her employer’s dealings with a vendor filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court seeking a ruling on whether the but-for reasoning in Bostock v. Clayton Cnty., Georgia applies to a McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green pretext analysis and whether “direct” and “indirect” evidence should be considered all together in the same manner....