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• Job Reassignment Can Be Considered Retaliation

  By retaliationlawyer on March 12, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  As the Supreme Court recently pointed out, one good way to discourage an employee from bringing discrimination charges would be to insist that he spend more time performing the more arduous duties and less time performing those tasks that are… Read More ›

• Partners are Protected from Retaliation for Reporting Workplace Harassment or Discrimination

  By retaliationlawyer on February 20, 2013 • ( 0 )

  In Fitzemons v California Emergency Physicans Med. Grop 205e Cal.App. 4th 1423 (2012), the Appellate Court held that the anti-retaliation provisions of FEHA (Fair Employment and Housing Act) protect not only employees but also partners in a business partnership. In… Read More ›

• California Employment Law: Retaliation for Filing a Workers Compensation Claim is Illegal

  By retaliationlawyer on February 17, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  One of the more common types of unlawful retaliation at workplace is when the employer retaliates against an employee for filing a workers compensation claim. The most common reasons for this type of retaliations are two: 1. Retaliation Due to… Read More ›

• FMLA Anti-Retaliation Protection to California Employees

  By retaliationlawyer on January 14, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Besides providing for leave of absence for an employee’s serious medical condition or a close family member’s medical condition, FMLA (family medical leave act) makes it illegal for employers to retaliated against employees for exercising their right to medical leave under FMLA… Read More ›

• Anti-Retaliation Laws Protecting School Employees

  By retaliationlawyer on October 4, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  California Education Code Sections 44113(a) and 44114(c) are part of the Reporting by School Employees of Improper Governmental Activities Act. It prohibits “an employee” from using his or her official position to retaliate against “any person” to deter that person… Read More ›

• Not Renewing an Employment Contract is Not a Wrongful Termination

  By retaliationlawyer on August 18, 2012 • ( 0 )

  Recently, the Court of Appeal reiterated in Touchstone Television Productions v Superior Court (2012), that not renewing an employee’s contract cannot be considered a wrongful termination, because, among other reasons, employment for a fixed period of time is terminated automatically at… Read More ›

• Proving Workplace Retaliation through Employer’s Lies

  By retaliationlawyer on April 11, 2012 • ( 1 )

  One of the important elements of proving a retaliation claim in an wrongful termination case is showing that the employer’s given reasons for termination are either inconsistent or plaintly not true, which makes it look like the employer is trying… Read More ›

• Keep Your Anger in Check When Complaining about Discrimination / Harassment

  By retaliationlawyer on February 18, 2012 • ( 0 )

  Anger rarely benefits anyone. No one likes angry people and no one wants to help them. Angry people rarely get large verdicts from a jury or a judge because it’s hard to be generous and understanding of an angry Plaintiff… Read More ›

• Tips for Complaining about Discrimination or Harassment to Your Manager and HR

  By retaliationlawyer on February 15, 2012 • ( 0 )

  It is important that you follow a three simple rules when complaining about discrimination, harassment or retaliation that you believe you or your co-workers are being subjected to: 1. Complain in writing. Oral complaints are often forgot or misunderstood. You… Read More ›

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