Sexual Harassment Retaliation

Have you been involved in a sexual harassment?
An employment attorney can help you.  You think the hardest part is over. After weeks or months of pervasive and severe sexual harassment you get the courage to file a complaint with your employer. But what happens next? Hopefully your claim will be taken seriously and you, the harasser and your employer can work together to resolve the situation to your satisfaction.

If however, your employer completely dismisses your claim without any investigation or retaliates against you in anyway for filing the complaint, they are violating your employee rights.

Once an employer is made aware of a harassment claim they become legally responsible for putting an end to the behavior.

Any retaliation by an employer for filing a sexual harassment complaint is illegal.

Illegal retaliation may include:

• Forcing the victim to take an unpaid leave of absence while the harasser continues to work Transferring the victim to a less desirable position
• Treating the victim differently than other employees or differently than they were treated before filing a complaint
• Victim is threatened that “there will be consequences” (loss of job, pay decrease, etc) if they continue with the claim, etc.

If you are experiencing sexual harassment at work or have filed a claim and are experiencing employer retaliation, fill out this short questionnaire and get connected with a  local sexual harassment attorney in your area who can advise you of your legal options.