MATTER OF MOHAWK FINISHING PRODS., INC. v. State Div. of Human Rights

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

It is not necessary for us on this appeal to decide what is the applicable standard for determining whether an employer has discriminated against an employee under our State statute because the employee opposed a practice *894forbidden under the Human Rights Law (Executive Law, § 296, subd 1, par [e]; subd 3-a, par [c]; subd 7) — i.e., whether it is the standard invoked by the Federal courts under the Federal legislation (that charges of retaliatory discrimination may be sustained if there is a…