Retaliation

Class-action members must share common grievance

03/29/2017

When a worker files a lawsuit seeking class-action status, he must show the court that other workers are similarly situated to join the group.

Was that a legit termination–or retaliation?

03/29/2017

If you terminate an employee almost immediately after she has filed an internal discrimination complaint, understand the risk.

Just doing your job? That’s not whistleblowing

03/23/2017

If reporting wrongdoing is part of an employee’s job, then that doesn’t constitute whistleblowing.

Loose lips can lead to retaliation litigation

03/23/2017

When an employee files a sexual harassment or discrimination complaint, ensure no one tries to make life difficult for that employee. That could lead to a retaliation lawsuit—even if the underlying complaint isn’t serious enough to support a lawsuit.

Warn supervisors: No griping about impact of employee taking FMLA leave

03/15/2017

Supervisors need to avoid expressing frustration about a worker’s illness and its effect on operations or insurance cost. Any such criticism may be used against you should the employee have to be disciplined or discharged.

Labor Department still probing Wells Fargo

03/09/2017

Fallout from the Wells Fargo sham account fraud continues. The scandal, which broke last fall, recently cost four senior bank executives their jobs.

Rules entrapment can be considered retaliation

03/07/2017

If a worker files a harassment complaint and a supervisor decides to punish him by setting him up to violate a company rule, that can be retaliation. It doesn’t matter if the worker in question actually broke the rule.

Beware retaliation against whistleblowers

03/02/2017

To protect the public from unlawful conduct, whistleblower laws make it illegal to retaliate against employees who complain to public agencies about employer actions that endanger the public or break the law.

Charges might be wrong? Beware retaliation

02/16/2017

An employer has learned the hard way that taking draconian action against an employee who might have filed false harassment charges usually isn’t a good idea.

Snapshot – Retaliation: The most common EEOC charge

02/15/2017

Retaliation passed race discrimination as the most common EEOC charge in 2009.