Employer Retaliation Attorney in Houston, Texas
What advice do you have for someone who feels they’ve been a victim of employer retaliation?
What advice do you have for someone who feels they’ve been a victim of employer retaliation?
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retaliation cases are
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oftentimes better than the underlying
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discrimination case so the law provides
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for people to engage in protected
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activities
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such as protesting discrimination
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internally
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with a company’s human resources
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department
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that’s protected activity a lot of
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people don’t know that but that
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protects you as long as this document is
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so easy to show to protection
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filing a charge of discrimination is a
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protected activity
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and i always tell my clients that
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once you do something that engages
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protected activity
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document and and understand because
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the standard in retaliation cases a
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little bit different than the ordinary
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discrimination case
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you have to show that but for
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the break the engaging the protected
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activity you would not have suffered an
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adverse job action
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so the causation standard is difficult
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then motivating factor which is
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what other discrimination cases have so
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you’ve got to be very very careful but
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having said that
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it’s it’s been historically easier for
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me
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to sh to prove a retaliation case
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because generally what happens
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there’s a blatant demotion there might
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be a blatant termination
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and it’s sometimes easier to prove
Houston, TX employment law attorney Gregg M. Rosenberg shares his advice for someone who feels they’ve been a victim of employer retaliation.
