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What Is Employer Retaliation in California?
What is employer retaliation in California? Employer retaliation happens when an employee faces consequences for participating in activities protected by law, such as filing workplace safety complaints or fraud reports. Both state and federal laws protect these acts while making employer retaliation against them illegal.
Retaliation presents itself through actions, such as wrongful termination and demotion, as well as through decreased work hours and less obvious behaviors, such as social exclusion or hostile verbal interactions. For example, the California Labor Commissioner’s Office (LCO) obtained $40,460 from Ali Baba Corp. by citing them for workplace retaliation and labor law violations. You can find support if you think you’ve been retaliated against in Los Angeles.
What to Do About Retaliation in the Workplace in California
Under California law, employers cannot retaliate against employees for protected activities such as reporting illegal conduct, filing a wage claim, filing discrimination suits, reporting fraud, filing safety complaints, or refusing to help with unlawful activities. Sometimes retaliation is obvious, such as an employer firing a worker or openly yelling at him or her for filing a claim.
Other times, retaliation comes in the form of getting moved to a different office or shut out of group meetings. Unfair punishment, demerits, negative performance reviews, denial of promotions and raises, exclusion from programs, increased workload, forced time off, and job termination are all examples of retaliation.
Whatever form it comes in, retaliation is harmful and against the law. If you suspect that you have been a victim of workplace retaliation, contacting an experienced employment lawyer can help protect your rights.
Our experienced and knowledgeable attorneys can explain your legal rights and options so you can decide what option best suits your needs. Some options may include reporting the retaliation to a government agency to allow them to conduct their own independent investigation. Other times, the situation may have reached a point where filing a legal claim is the appropriate choice.
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