Retaliation
According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,
“An employer may not fire, demote, harass or otherwise "retaliate" against an individual for filing a charge of discrimination, participating in a discrimination proceeding, or otherwise opposing discrimination. The same laws that prohibit discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, and disability, as well as wage differences between men and women performing substantially equal work, also prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose unlawful discrimination or participate in an employment discrimination proceeding.
In addition to the protections against retaliation that are included in all of the laws enforced by EEOC, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) also protects individuals from coercion, intimidation, threat, harassment, or interference in their exercise of their own rights or their encouragement of someone else's exercise of rights granted by the ADA.”
It is illegal for your employer to harass or retaliate against you for filing a complaint of discrimination or otherwise opposing discrimination in the workplace, including cooperating in an EEO investigation. Additionally, you may not be retaliated against for seeking reasonable accommodation due to disability or medical condition. Please contact us to report any retaliatory behavior because you may also have a right to file a separate complaint for retaliation.
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