Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress If an employer has behaved in an outrageous manner and caused you severe emotional distress then you might be the victim of Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress (IIED). IIED is a state law issue but there do tend to be similar elements across the states. Below is an explanation of […]
Filing a Harassment Claim
Filing a Harassment Claim Select your state from the map below or from this list. [[map and dropdown goes here]] The post Filing a Harassment Claim appeared first on Workplace Fairness.
Financial Services Whistleblowers – Dodd Frank
Financial Services Whistleblowers – Dodd Frank In recent years financial corruption and crises have led to more regulation of corporations and the financial industry. Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank impose various financial reporting obligations on publicly traded companies. These Acts also protect, and even reward, whistleblowers (employees who report their employers’ violations of the law). Employees often […]
Airline Employee Whistleblowers – Aviation Investment and Reform Act
Airline Employee Whistleblowers — Aviation Investment and Reform Act Employees for the air carrier industry are specifically protected for reporting safety concerns. Known as AIR21, the Aviation Investment and Reform Act (protects U.S. air carrier employees, as well as their contractors and subcontractors, from retaliation for sharing, or planning to share, information about safety violations. As […]
Filing a Whistleblower Claim
Filing a Whistleblower Claim While all states in the U.S. protect private sector employees from retaliation for reporting wrongdoing by their employers, or “whistleblowing,” the scope of, and guidelines for, that protection differs from state to state. Click on your state below to see what specific anti-retaliation protections are in place for your state. […]
Blowing the Whistle – Practical Tips
Blowing the Whistle — Practical Tips Perhaps you are at work and you witness your employer violating the law. What do you do? If you complain, will your employer and co-workers know that it was you? What are the possible repercussions of whistleblowing? This page provides answers to these questions and more: 1. Am […]
General Information About Whistleblowing and Retaliation
General Information About Whistleblowing and Retaliation Iff you have information that your employer is violating laws or regulations, or if your employer is causing danger to public health and safety, you may feel obligated to report this information. If you do so, then you may be considered a whistleblower. There are many state and federal […]
Whistleblowing & Retaliation
Whistleblowing & Retaliation Fighting back when you see your employer doing something wrong can be scary, and risky. But there are laws that can protect you in a number of situations. Learn more about how you might be protected when you blow the whistle or challenge illegal conduct. Please select one of the following topics: […]
Workplace Torts
Workplace Torts A tort is a wrongful act or the infringement of a right that leads to civil legal liability. There are wide variety of torts that may happen in the workplace. Some common examples include fraud, defamation, assault, and false imprisonment. Civil liability allows you to sue someone and recover money damages, as opposed […]
Employment Rights For Victims of Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence and the Workplace Domestic violence — mental or physical abuse at the hands of an intimate partner — often affects the victims’ ability to work. More than one in four women and one in ten men will experience domestic violence in their lifetime, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). […]
