Oakland |
Code of Ordinances |
Title 2. ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL |
Chapter 2.38. OAKLAND WHISTLEBLOWER ORDINANCE |
§ 2.38.090. Burden of establishing retaliation.
Latest version.
In order to establish retaliation, a complainant must demonstrate by a preponderance of the evidence that the complainant's engagement in activity protected in Section 2.38.020 was a substantial motivating factor for the adverse employment action. The supervisor or manager may rebut this claim if he or she demonstrates by a preponderance of the evidence that he or she would have taken the same employment action irrespective of the complainant's participation in protected activity.
(Ord. 12890 § 9, 2008)