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Employer Retaliation
Employer retaliation can drastically affect your workplace environment and it violates your legal rights. There are thousands of employees that are being subjected to illegal employer retaliation every single day without knowing that it is unlawful. This type of treatment can affect any type of employee at any time.
Employees are given certain rights in the workplace that are required to be safeguarded by all employers. For instance, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects the interests of employees based on their race, age, national origin, marital status, gender, religion and marital status. There are also dozens of federal, state and local statutes and regulations that enhance employee rights and ban employer retaliation. These are the rights that employees can turn to when they become one of the many victims of employer retaliation.
An employee can find themselves a victim of employer retaliation after reporting illegal company practices or procedures to a government agency. Although it is always the right thing to do, many employers may hold a grudge by penalizing the employee during promotions, pay increases, training, benefits and demotion. Often times, employers hope that the stressful work conditions that they are imposing will force you to quit. Reporting bad behavior to a government agency should not result in employer retaliation, even if the results of the disclosure are found to prove no malfeasance on the part of the company.
Those employees that file formal complaints about unlawful work conditions, co-worker difficulties, disability accommodations and manager treatment within the company itself may be subjected to employer retaliation as well. Employers are sometimes aware of deficiencies within their company and are not willing or able to fix it. In turn, they may not welcome criticism of the things that are going wrong and will answer back with employer retaliation. These types of illegal actions infringe upon your rights.
Many employees are also subjected to employer retaliation after taking worker's comp benefits. Employers do not want to incur added expenses even if the employee has every right to being compensated for a workplace injury. In order to recuperate their loss, they will often times use employer retaliation in the form of a demotion or discharge from employment. This is an unlawful action that needs to be dealt with swiftly.
Employees that find the need to make a claim based on a form of discrimination may also experience employer retaliation. Employers and management personnel may handle a discrimination claim by relying on actions that would be categorized as employer retaliation in order to convince you to drop it. Instead of suffering from negative publicity or incurring the cost of litigation, they may reduce your pay, demote you or fire you. This is a clear violation of laws that are in place to protect you.
Even though these actions may happen to you, it is important that you seek the counsel of an attorney so that you rights can be properly protected. A qualified attorney that is experienced in employment law is more than capable of handling employment related retaliation cases. To contact a qualified attorney, simply fill out the form on the right to receive a free consultation with no obligation immediately.
