Retaliation

Workplace retaliation occurs when an employer takes adverse action against an employee in response to their engagement in protected activities, such as reporting illegal actions, discrimination, or harassment. In Virginia, like in many other states, workplace retaliation is unlawful and can lead to serious legal consequences for employers. If you believe you have been a

Retaliation is the act of punishing an employee for reporting discrimination or participating in a discrimination investigation. Proving retaliation can be tricky, especially when it comes to employees of the federal government, but there are a few tried and true ways an employment lawyer can help you prove retaliation occurred. Spiggle Law Firm, our Virginia

Workers enjoy many legal rights outlined by various federal, state and local laws. However, these rights mean little if employees must suffer retaliation for exercising these rights. Luckily, many of these laws have special provisions that prevent workplace retaliation. Workplace retaliation is an adverse employment action against an applicant or employee that occurs in response

Rarely will an employee have direct evidence of an employer’s unlawful behavior, such as discrimination or retaliation. This is particularly troublesome for employees when the employer files a motion for summary judgment to dismiss the employee’s lawsuit. Recognizing the challenge that employees face at this pretrial stage, courts have established a special burden-shifting standard to

If you believe your employer has discriminated against you because of a protected trait, such as a disability, you’re entitled to complain and report the discrimination. You can probably sue your employer too. What if your employer gets mad at you about your lawsuit or your complaint to human resources and fires you? You now

Judges are busy people. As much as they may have wanted to make the world a better place when they started out, that impulse was probably beaten out of them after a few months on the bench. As a practical matter, the legal system is swamped with lawsuits, and the behavior at work that’s subject