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Retaliation

A cautionary tale: Lessons from a recent retaliation case

12/11/2024
Retaliation claims can be among the hardest to defend. Timing and intent are everything, and even well-meaning employers can stumble without strong policies and careful implementation.

Adverse action: Beware creating the perception of retaliation

11/04/2024
An employee who suffers an adverse employment action shortly after filing a complaint or returning from a leave of absence is likely to smell a retaliation rat. But what’s considered an adverse action?

Tolerate boss’s racist behavior, retaliation? Prepare to pay millions in damages

10/16/2024
If you need a reason to stamp out workplace name-calling, discriminatory work assignments and retaliation, consider the massive punitive-damages award a jury recently granted to an employee who sued because of ongoing racist behavior by a supervisor.

Fed agencies by the numbers for FY 2024

10/15/2024
The EEOC, National Labor Relations Board and OSHA have released new statistics on their activities during federal fiscal year 2024, which ran from Oct. 1, 2023, to Sept. 30, 2024.

Fired whistleblower triggers wide-ranging investigation

09/19/2024
An employee of a day care center who raised health concerns about the center’s kitchen will receive $43,295 in back pay. But it may cost the employer far more.

What counts as retaliation? Almost anything

06/20/2024
Follow up with workers who report discrimination to make sure they’re not being punished.

DOL lawsuit accuses farm of ‘Godfather’-style retaliation

03/25/2024
Want to know what you shouldn’t do if employees question their pay? Leave a severed pig’s head at their workstation.

Discouraging even one worker from complaining violates the NLRA

03/13/2024
The NLRA applies to just about every private-sector employer, setting strict rules for what employers can and cannot do when setting workplace rules. For example, it makes it illegal to tell employees not to discuss workplace conditions among themselves. However, until February, discussing work conditions had to involve at least two employees. Not anymore.

You can’t do that: Never ban employees from discussing pay

03/13/2024
Even though Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act has been the law for decades, a 2021 study from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research found nearly half of full-time employees have been prohibited or dissuaded from discussing or disclosing wages.

Supreme Court eases burden for employees claiming retaliation under SOX

02/09/2024
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Feb. 8 that under the whistleblower protections written into the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, a whistleblower is not required to prove that his employer acted with retaliatory intent when it punished him for reporting that other employees had committed illegal acts.