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Employees who witness unethical behavior at work are reluctant to speak up because they fear retaliation. Now new research suggests that when it comes to blowing the whistle, women may face more retaliation than their male counterparts. However, a slight ...

Employers know how important it is to comply with workplace anti-discrimination laws – but equally important is ensuring that employees who complain about perceived discrimination are not retaliated against for doing so, even if the underlying claim is ...

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Most laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, sex, religion, etc. also make it unlawful to retaliate against someone who complains about or helps to support another person’s claim of discrimination. While these complementary protections serve a ...

The Department of Labor (DOL) recently reminded field investigators to be on the lookout for retaliation against employees that are seeking to enforce their rights under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). On March 10, 2022, the DOL issued Field ...

Five whistleblowers alleged they faced harassment and reassignments, a violation of the agency’s scientific integrity policy. Whistleblowers from EPA’s chemicals office were reassigned, skipped for promotions and generally harassed by senior-level ...

Retaliation may seem like antisocial behavior, but can it have some positive outcomes? Some researchers went looking for answers from a unique group of subjects. Planet Money's Mary Childs has the story. MARY CHILDS, BYLINE: I saw this economic study ...