Remind supervisors: What you say in emails can and will be used against you in court!
If an employer is sued for discrimination, harassment or retaliation, chances are all emails related to the employee will be shared with the employee’s attorneys. Anything said in those emails can then be used against you to prove discrimination—or that you tried to set up the employee for discharge because she filed a discrimination complaint.
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