Category Archives: Unlawful Retaliation
New Law Gives California Employees the Benefit of the Doubt in Employer Retaliation Claims
Many cases of employment discrimination follow a familiar story. The employee does not feel welcome in the work environment from the start. Her direct supervisor seems to find fault with her about issues great and small, and coworkers make derogatory comments about the employee’s race, gender, or family status on a frequent basis, and… Read More »
The Law Protects Prison Employees Who Report Abuse From Retaliation
Reporting misconduct by your employer is a legally protected activity. This means that, if you see employees in your workplace violating legal regulations, committing crimes, or simply engaging in reckless or malicious acts that cause physical or financial harm, you have the right to complain about it to the leadership of your organization or… Read More »
Can Plaintiffs be Anonymous in Employment Discrimination Lawsuits?
Complaining about employment discrimination, including filing a discrimination lawsuit against your employer, is a legally protected activity. This means that it is against the law for your employer to retaliate against you once it finds out about the lawsuit. Retaliation could include termination of employment, adverse actions such as demotion or denial of raises,… Read More »
Court Rules Against Hospital for Retaliation Against Oncologist Who Filed Whistleblower Claims
Employers have the right to take adverse actions against employers who do their jobs poorly. If you do not fulfill your job duties in a satisfactory way, your employer has the right to write negative reviews of your performance and to deny your applications for promotions. If you consistently perform poorly over a period… Read More »
Food Bank Whistleblower Sues Former Employer for Retaliation
In addition to being one of the nation’s leading producers of food, California also has some of the most climate-friendly laws. In 2016, the California Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Act, also known as SB 1383, became law. It aims to reduce greenhouse gasses in California. Specifically, it targets methane emissions produced by organic waste… Read More »
Protections Against Retaliation Apply Whether You Complain to Your Employer or to an Outside Regulatory Body
It is against the law for your employer to fire you or otherwise punish you for exercising your legal rights. The rights of employees include receiving the payment promised to them by their employers and required by law, taking a leave of absence from work pursuant to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA),… Read More »
County Settles With Social Worker Fired in Retaliation for Whistleblower Claims
Whistleblower protections apply to all employees who report misconduct by their employers. These protections prohibit employers from firing, demoting, or otherwise taking adverse actions against employees when they report misconduct by their supervisors internally within the company or to regulators or other third parties. It is against the law for your employer to fire… Read More »
County Court Administrator Alleges Whistleblower Retaliation
One of the best things about being a public sector employee with a 9 to 5 job is that you never have to work on federal holidays. If you go to a social gathering on such an occasion, the other guests will be amazed at your stories of the dysfunction that goes on in… Read More »
Employee Sues County for Wrongful Termination, Alleging That It Fired Her in Retaliation for Discrimination Complaint
Employment discrimination lawyers have noticed a pattern in the cases about which clients consult them. Many times, the general lack of welcome with which co-workers receive them is not what sets off alarms in the minds of employees. Instead, the tipping point is the hostile response that the employee receives when he or she… Read More »
Actress Sues Media Company For Discrimination, Citing Racial And Gender Differences In Pay
Every year, the National Committee on Pay Equity observes Equal Pay Day to highlight the pay gap that still exists between men and women; similar observances exist in several countries. In the United States, non-Hispanic White Men have the highest average income. When comparing the average income of women in the U.S. workforce, regardless… Read More »