Category Archives: Retaliation
An Emerging Employer Retaliatory Tactic: Excluding Complaining Employees From Meetings
Having represented retaliation victims for more than twenty years, our employment lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that not all retaliation cases involve an ultimate employment decision that inflicts direct economic harm against employees, such as a reduction in pay, demotion, failure to promote, or termination. In many retaliation cases, our Citrus County, Florida… Read More »
Retaliation in the Workplace by Co-workers: What Employees Need to Know
When most people think of workplace retaliation, they imagine a supervisor or employer taking adverse action against an employee for engaging in legally protected activity. However, retaliation can also come from co-workers—and it can be just as damaging. At James P. Tarquin, P.A., we are dedicated to holding employers in Central Florida accountable for… Read More »
A Favorite Employer Retaliatory Tactic: Heightened Scrutiny Of Workers Who Complain About Discrimination
Having represented retaliation victims for more than twenty years, our retaliation lawyers in Citrus County, Florida have learned that a favorite retaliatory tactic of employers is subjecting employees who complain about workplace discrimination to heightened scrutiny. When utilizing this retaliatory tactic, employers will scrutinize the work performance or workplace conduct of employees to find… Read More »
Classic Employer Retaliation: Looking For A Reason To Fire Employees Who Exercise Employee Rights
When wanting to act on a retaliatory motive, our employee rights lawyers in Sumter County, Florida have learned, employers will look for a reason to fire employees who exercise their employee rights. As the court in Hornfischer v. Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, 136 So.3d 703 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014) observed, “an employer does not… Read More »
The Employer’s Retaliatory Dirty Trick: Setting An Employee Up For Failure
Employers, our wrongful termination lawyers in Sumter County, Florida know, have a bagful of dirty tricks they use to retaliate against employees who complain workplace discrimination. When dipping into their bagful of retaliatory dirty tricks, employers will subject employees to disciplinary action, unfavorable work schedules, reduced hours, or performance improvement plans. Playing the long… Read More »
How to Prove Retaliation in the Workplace
Retaliation in the workplace occurs when an employer takes adverse action against an employee for engaging in a legally protected activity, such as reporting discrimination, harassment, or illegal workplace practices. Employees who face retaliation may experience termination, demotion, a cut in hours, or other negative consequences. Proving retaliation, however, requires more than just showing… Read More »
One Of The Employer’s Bagful Of Retaliatory Weapons: The Performance Improvement Plan
Through their decades of experience representing retaliation victims, our wrongful termination lawyers in Marion County, Florida know that many employees who lodge discrimination complaints are targeted for retaliation. When targeting employees for retaliation, employers have a bagful of retaliatory weapons at their disposal, including disciplinary action, reduction in pay, disadvantageous transfer, and demotion. When… Read More »
Piercing The Employer’s Disingenuous Retaliation Defense: The Decision-Maker Did Not Know Of Complaint
Having litigated employment discrimination cases for more than two decades, our wrongful termination lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that many employers exploit judicially-created rules that provide them with a factual basis for obtaining dismissal of employment discrimination claims. Perhaps the most fertile area of employer exploitation involves judicially-created rules that require employment discrimination… Read More »
Must Workers Prove That Unlawful Retaliation Was The Only Reason They Were Fired?
Having litigated wrongful termination cases for more than two decades, our wrongful termination lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that employees who complain about workplace discrimination are often targeted for termination. When targeting employees for termination, employers almost always come up with some pretextual reason to justify the termination. In many cases, the employer’s… Read More »
Must Sexual Harassment Victims Make A “Formal” Complaint To Be Protected From Retaliation?
Having fought for the rights of sexual harassment victims for more than twenty years, our sexual harassment lawyers in Marion County, Florida know that employers routinely argue that sexual harassment victims are not protected from retaliation unless they make a “formal” sexual harassment complaint. In advancing this disingenuous and flawed argument, employers never come… Read More »
