Alexandria Retaliation Lawyer Retaliation Lawyer in Alexandria, VA Retaliation can shatter careers and create an environment of fear. Recognizing and addressing retaliation is crucial to maintaining a healthy work environment where employees feel safe and respected in exercising their rights without fear of reprisal. At The Spiggle Law Firm, we take immense pride in our […]
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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
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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
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Virginia Federal Employee Retaliation Lawyer Virginia Federal Employee Retaliation Lawyer Employees who report illegal conduct in the workplace—including those employed by the federal government—are protected by various regulations that prohibit unwarranted retaliation from superiors. If you observed or experienced discrimination, fraud, or other wrongdoing at your federal government job and are concerned about retaliation for
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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
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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
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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
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Imagine you work for an employer covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). Due to your ADA-recognized disability, you need to take certain medications at work and avoid certain job duties as ordered by your doctor. Despite the fact that your medication requirement or job duties restriction can be reasonably accommodated by
In Parts 1 and 2 of our series of blog posts discussing the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) Enforcement Guidance on workplace retaliation, we discussed promising practices that employees can use as a framework for determining whether retaliation has taken place and what constitutes a protected activity. Assuming an employee is the victim of retaliation
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We first discussed the newly released retaliation Enforcement Guidance issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in our blog post titled “EEOC Issues Updated Guidance on Workplace Retaliation.” However, due to the comprehensive nature of this Enforcement Guidance, we were only able to discuss the subject of promising practices, which was one of many
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