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`UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
`NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
`OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
`Washington, DC 20570
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`May 4, 2020
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`Re:
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`TouchPoint Compass Group
`Case 07-CA-258211
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`Dear
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`Your appeal from the Regional Director's refusal to issue complaint has been carefully
`considered. The appeal is denied. The evidence fails to establish the Employer took adverse
`action against you for your protected activity, in violation of Section 8(a)(1) of the National
`Labor Relations Act. In that regard, to determine whether an employer’s adverse action against
`an employee was discriminatorily motivated, the General Counsel must demonstrate by a
`preponderance of the evidence that the employee’s protected activity was a motivating factor for
`the adverse decision; only after such showing is established, the inquiry turns into whether the
`employer would have taken the same action in the absence of the protected conduct. See Wright
`Line, 251 NLRB 1083 (1980), enfd. 662 F.2d 899 (1st Cir. 1981), cert. denied 455 U.S. 989
`(1982).
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`The evidence did not establish that the Employer’s decision was based on your alleged
`protected concerted activities, rather than work-related reasons. We determined that there was
`insufficient evidence to establish a causal link between the Employer’s adverse actions and your
`alleged protected concerted activities. Instead, the Employer had legitimate independent reasons
`for its decisions, and it would have taken the same action even in the absence of any alleged
`protected conduct on your part.
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`TouchPoint Compass Group
`Case 07-CA-258211
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`Since nothing raised on appeal changes the Region’s determination, the appeal is denied.
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`Sincerely,
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`Peter Barr Robb
`General Counsel
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`By:
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`Mark E. Arbesfeld, Director
`Office of Appeals
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`TOUCHPOINT COMPASS GROUP
`19001 W 9 MILE RD
`SOUTHFIELD, MI 48075
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`COMPASS GROUP USA INC., D/B/A
` RESTAURANT ASSOCIATES OF
` NEW YORK, LLC
`2400 YORKMONT RD
`CHARLOTTE, NC 28217-4511
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`TERRY MORGAN
`REGIONAL DIRECTOR
`NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS
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`PATRICK V. MCNAMARA
` FEDERAL BUILDING
`477 MICHIGAN AVE RM 05-200
`DETROIT, MI 48226
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`TOUCHPOINT SUPPORT SERVICES
`2400 YORKMONT RD
`CHARLOTTE, NC 28217-4511
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