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Sound familiar?
"Ed, I’m tired of your complaints about my smoking. You’re fired.
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If so, then you may need our help.
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Retaliation occurs when an employer discriminates against an employee for
exercising a legal right. Here, Ed, as a Californian employee, has the right to
a smoke-free work place and the right to complain about second-hand smoke at
work without fear of retaliation by his employer. Ed has a retaliation claim.
Whistleblowers who report suspected misconduct to their employer rather than to
government agencies are protected from retaliation - even if the investigation
triggered by their good faith report shows that the misconduct reported did
not, in fact, violate the law.
