As a supervisor, can I be sued for employment decisions I make, even if they only benefit my company?
The disturbing answer, shown by a recent Virginia Supreme Court decision, is yes. The federal employment discrimination laws generally do not allow suits against supervisors and managers for personnel choices they make for the company. Despite this protection, however, other federal and state employment laws allow supervisors to be held liable for management decisions in some instances. This is shown by the Virginia Supreme Court’s recent decision extending wrongful discharge liability to supervisors and individual…