What Is Retaliation and Wrongful Termination?
Retaliation or retaliatory discharge is when you are fired, or set up to be fired, in retaliation for exercising your rights, requesting an entitled benefit, reporting wrongdoing, or cooperating with an investigation. Some examples of retaliation include the following: • Reporting environmental violations or participating in an investigation of environmental violations • Assisting another employee who has made a complaint about prohibited discrimination (such as sexual harassment, race discrimination, disability discrimination, etc.
