There are certain laws in place in Texas that protect you if make, or help someone make, a workplace discrimination complaint and your employer takes retaliatory action against you because of it. If he or she does so, you may decide to move forward with filing a...
retaliation
Do you have recourse against retaliation?
Employer retaliation against workers is a real issue that plagues many industries to this day. This often occurs in cases where an employee is a whistleblower, bringing attention to inappropriate conduct on the part of the employer. Fortunately for you, it is possible...
Filing an OSHA whistleblower claim
Workers may want to report violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s standards for workplace safety, but fear that doing so may cause retaliation against them. OSHA implements standards and regulations for employers across all industries to...
How do OSHA’s whistleblower laws define retaliation?
When you work for a Texas company and that company does something illegal, unethical or dangerous, you have a right to shine a spotlight on the issue without fear that your employer might take negative action against you. The Occupational Safety and Health...
Sexual harassment victims often face termination, retaliation
Many Texas employees who experience on-the-job sexual harassment never report their experiences. However, many who do wind up having their employers take action against them after they make their claims. Research shows that the majority of American employees who file...
The importance of filing retaliation claims promptly and clearly
Retaliation by an employer may happen suddenly and it is easy to want justice for it as fast. But the process of proving and receiving compensation for employer retaliation takes time. The less time you spend getting the right paperwork and information to local and...
What does workplace retaliation look like?
You have several rights as an employee, one of which is the right to be free of employee discrimination. Discrimination can include a number of actions, such as harassment and retaliation. According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, retaliation is...
Workers may have recourse against employers for retaliation
MarketWatch reports that workers filed over 39,000 retaliation charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2019. These claims represent roughly 54% of all charges submitted to the EEOC that year. Retaliation often occurs when an employee becomes a...
Should you file an employer retaliation claim?
The law protects employees who complain or oppose any part of employment discrimination. There are laws against an employer retaliating or punishing an employee who comes forward. There is a reason why there are anti-retaliation laws, and that is because these...
The problem with workplace retaliation and how to handle it
Did you know that retaliation claims exceed the claims of other forms of discrimination, such as racial discrimination filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission? Retaliation, as explained by NPR, is any firing, harassing or demoting of a worker because he...