Workplace Retaliation

Federal and California laws protect employees from unlawful workplace retaliation.  Your employer cannot punish you for engaging in protected activity such as attempting to enforce your legal rights or reporting illegal activity by the company.  Nonetheless, employer retaliation still occurs quite frequently.  Despite the law, employers continue to fire, demote or otherwise punish employees in retaliation for asserting their rights. Such punishment can include being denied a pay raise, promotion or transfer to a position you qualified for or missing out on an important training that would have advanced your career.

Some examples that trigger unlawful workplace retaliation include:

• Requesting or taking a leave of absence for a disability, pregnancy or family emergency;
• Complaining of unlawful harassment or discrimination at work;
• Reporting the company’s unlawful activity to a state or federal agency; and
• Acting as a witness for a co-worker’s claim against the company.

If you have been subjected to unlawful workplace retaliation, contact Kletter Law Firm immediately and share your situation with us.  We are dedicated and committed to helping you obtain justice.