Retaliation Attorney in Silver Spring

Representing Clients in Maryland & Washington D.C.

Have you experienced discrimination or harassment at work? State and federal laws give you the right to report this treatment and hold your employer accountable for developing (or allowing the development of) a hostile or abusive work environment.

However, some employers take this a step further. When an employee files a complaint regarding the discrimination or harassment, the employer resorts to some form of retaliation, ranging from a negative performance review to retaliatory discharge (i.e. termination).

Choose Our Workplace Retaliation Lawyer

At Emejuru Law, LLC we refuse to stand for this treatment. The employment laws that protect you from discrimination also protect you from retaliation, and our job is to preserve your rights under these laws and fight for justice on your behalf.

If your employer retaliated against you simply for opposing discrimination or harassment, call our Silver Spring retaliation lawyer right away at (240) 607-5552.

Examples of Workplace Retaliation

According to the EEOC, retaliation is when an employer unlawfully punishes an employee for asserting their rights to be free from discrimination or harassment. It is the most common type of discrimination experienced by federal employees.

When you assert your rights in this way, you are engaging in a protected activity. These activities may include:

• Participating in an EEO complaint, charge, investigation, or lawsuit
• Voicing concerns about discrimination/harassment
• Refusing to contribute to discrimination/harassment
• Resisting harassment or protecting someone else from it
• Asking others about their salaries to determine whether wage discrimination may have occurred
• Requesting an accommodation for your disability or religious practice

Under no circumstances is it legal for an employer to retaliate against you for participating in an EEO complaint process. However, the other examples are only protected if you were operating under a reasonable suspicion that your workplace involved some violation of EEO laws.

If your employer retaliated against you simply for opposing discrimination or harassment, call our Silver Spring retaliation lawyer right away at (240) 607-5552.