Few issues are more upsetting to an employer - especially to the manager who feels very powerful and who has been engaging in unlawful or unethical practices for a while, than an employee who is trying to change his ways, especially if that employee threatens to or actually reports the conduct to the outside public agency. Whistleblower retaliation is a claim that arises when the employer takes adverse action against an employee (including termination, transfer to a less desirable position, suspension, and demotion) because that employee complained to the outside entity about what he reasonable believed to be an unlawful practice by his employer. California Labor Code 1102.5 prohibits discharging an employee for disclosing an alleged violation of a statute of public importance to a government or a law enforcement agency. Such a discharge may be grounds for a claim of wrongful discharge in violation of public policy. |
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