Retaliating against workers because they have opposed unlawful discriminatory practices by their employer is expressly prohibited by many of the federal and state job discrimination laws. The Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act make it unlawful to discriminate against an employee because they have opposed an unlawful employment practice or made a charge, testified, assisted or participated in an investigation, proceeding or hearing under the statute.
Retaliatory Acts of an employer may take several forms. It may be the unlawful withholding of wages from an employee for time lost from work to participate in a Title VII proceeding where the employer paid their supervisors who testified on their behalf their wages. Other types of employer actions which may constitute retaliation include discharge, taking away an employee's staff and virtually all job functions, involuntary transfer or harassing an employee by subjecting them to a hostile work environment.
It will be helpful to discuss this type of matter with an attorney to determine whether an employer's actions have risen to the level of a violation of the job discrimination laws.
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