Complain at your own risk: employer retaliation on the rise
At a time when workers were already on their heels, suffering from record layoffs and salary cuts, it turns out that 2008 was also a record year for employer retaliation cases. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reported that employer retaliation claims—brought on when a worker files a complaint and is then fired or punished by the employer—rose 23% in fiscal year ’08. But employer retaliation is hard to prove and even harder to fight against—what can an average employee do?
At a time when workers were already on their heels, suffering from record layoffs and salary cuts, it turns out that 2008 was also a record year for employer retaliation cases. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reported that employer retaliation claims—brought on when a worker files a complaint and is then fired or punished by the employer—rose 23% in fiscal year ’08. But employer retaliation is hard to prove and even harder to fight against—what can an average employee do?
Guest:
Joe Beachboard, lawyer for Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC, defending companies against employee complaints
Caroline Wheeler, assistant general counsel, EEOC
- Patt Morrison for October 6, 2009
- Where's that public option?
- Complain at your own risk: employer retaliation on the rise
- Cash in while you can, CEOs: executive pay reform is coming…
- October baseball in SoCal—catch it!
- The eye of the beholder
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