Employment Retaliation

Employee whistleblower claims pose reputational risks to employers because these claims are often brought by higher-level employees and implicate corporate compliance issues. So, when an employee decides to go against its employer and report fraud, safety issues, or other major problems, the employer understandably gets upset. Being upset is understandable but retaliation against an employee is illegal.

Whistleblower retaliation occurs when an employee is discharged, demoted, suspended, harassed, or subjected to a hostile work environment after engaging in one of the statutorily enumerated, protected whistleblower activities.

Protected whistleblower activities include:

There are many important federal whistleblower protection laws that protect employees, contractors, and agents from whistleblower retaliation and reprisals. The most important ones include the:

To win your whistleblower employment retaliation case, you must show:

Contact an Employment Retaliation Lawyer

If you have been the victim of whistleblower retaliation, you should immediately seek legal advice from a whistleblower retaliation attorney. Our whistleblower retaliation attorneys provide assistance to whistleblowers throughout Louisiana and across the United States.