07/01/2012
There are some things employers just can’t do, no matter what a senior manager may want. For example, you can’t punish a good employee for pointing out potential legal violations.
06/28/2012
When employees face discipline (or fear they might be punished soon), they’ll often file a preemptive EEOC complaint. Then, when discipline comes down, they argue that it was in retaliation for complaining. To make such a case, an employee must show that the people involved in the discipline knew about the complaint. If they didn’t, there can be no retaliation.