When an employee experiences discrimination or retaliation at work it often takes the form of an adverse employment action, such as wrongful termination. The goal is to punish an employee for exercising their protected rights and intimidate other employees from making or supporting similar claims. An adverse employment action may include demotions, lowering an employees pay by not promoting, reassignment to less desirable duties, harassment, wrongful termination and more. In Wisconsin, … [Read more...]
Retaliation in the Workplace
Retaliation in the workplace is an adverse employment action often taken against an employee after they report unlawful practices, serve as a witness to support a claim of unlawful behavior, or assist or participate in an investigation, grievance proceeding, or hearing regarding unlawful activity in the workplace including workplace discrimination. For example, an employee that reports illegal activity in the workplace such as sexual harassment may be subject to retaliation for reporting the … [Read more...]
