retaliation

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...

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...

An employer cannot retaliate against an employee in Texas if the employee files a discrimination claim. However, according to the Texas Workforce Commission, if the employee voluntarily leaves the company, it indicates that he or she has control over the separation...

You knew it was the right thing to do, reporting your Texas employer for an illegal activity. However, since then, your work life has been difficult, to say the least. At the Law Offices of Kell A. Simon, we recognize the issues that employees may face in...

If you have recently reported your Texas employer’s activities because they were discriminatory or otherwise illegal, you may now be worried about retaliation. According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, you have the right to be treated fairly at...

It isn't uncommon for employers in Texas and other states to have men in positions of power. For one woman at Ernst & Young, it was no big deal to know that this was the case with her employer as well. However, she soon found out why women were rarely promoted to...