Employers often make a giant mistake when they think an employee has reported wrongdoing. They put the screws to the whistleblower. Retaliation can take many shapes: Create a toxic work environment - The employer can make your life miserable in many ways. Harassment -...

A recent 7th Circuit Court of Appeals retaliation case demonstrates that employees must adhere to certain levels of decorum. After receiving a settlement proposal he thought was insultingly low during an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") mediation,...

Often times, employees believing they are being discriminated against by their employer because of their age, gender, religions, race, or disability tell their employment attorney, "my boss said that I was too old" or "my boss was telling racists or sexist jokes all...

In Luri v. Republic Services, Inc., the jury awarded "the largest retaliatory discharge jury award in Ohio history-over $46 million." In this retaliation case, the plaintiff was part of a protected class only by virtue of his refusal to follow a directive from his...