Colorado residents take pride in having jobs and doing their work well. Many give up time and energy that they could devote to their families and hobbies just to ensure that they have completed everything they need to do for their employers. With the amount of effort...
retaliation
Workplace discrimination and disparate impact
Workplace discrimination can take many forms. A lot of people think that it most commonly involves blatant racism that manifests in derogatory comments and negative employment actions solely based on one’s status in a protected class. But workplace discrimination can...
Workplace retaliation is prohibited
Employees should not have to fear workplace retaliation. When employees report harassment or discrimination in the workplace, it is important that employers take those concerns seriously and do not retaliate against the employee in response to any complaint they have...
Steps to build your retaliation legal case
Employees are under a lot of pressure to not upset their employers, and so they may not feel comfortable taking actions that their employers won't like. However, the public has an interest in learning the truth, and so the law offers protections for employees who...
Famous beverage manufacturer facing retaliation claim
A man who at one time was a high-ranked employee at National Beverage Corp., the manufacturer of the famous LaCroix sparkling water drink, has sued his former employer on claims that he was wrongfully terminated. Specifically, he alleges he was fired in retaliation...
High ranking Denver officer claims retaliation
A woman who was at one time the youngest person ever given the rank of Commander on the Denver Police Department has filed a retaliation claim against her employer. In her claim, she alleges that her ex-boss, now the former Chief of Police, punished her after she...
Subtler forms of retaliation
As this blog has discussed on previous occasions, it is illegal for a Denver employer to retaliate against an employee who duly reports a law violation or who participates in a valid official or even intra-office investigation. Anti-retaliation provisions specifically...
What if they say I broke a workplace rule?
Most employers in Denver, Colorado, have at least a small set of workplace rules and expectations that they rightfully expect employees to follow. These rules should be objective and serve the purpose of protecting and promoting the business and its employees. When an...
We represent victims of retaliation
Previous posts on this blog have talked about how employees in the Denver area are protected under both federal and Colorado law from what is called retaliation.Although what is and is not retaliation can be a technical legal question, basically, it happens when an...
Colorado law protects whistleblowers
Like other states, Colorado law affords protections to worker who witness illegal conduct in their workplaces and choose to do the right thing and report the behavior to the appropriate authorities. These so-called whistleblower laws prevent an employer from firing or...
