Tips to Help Employers Head Off Retaliation Claims

The EEOC saw nearly 40,000 complaints of retaliation in 2018, the largest category of workplace mistreatment. To avoid becoming part of this statistic, Christine Howard spoke with Law360 on best practices for avoiding retaliation complaints. She recommends that employers be decisive. Christine says, "One of the most important things employers can do is to act on an employee's performance issues as they occur rather than down the road. If they wait, employers run the risk of having to act after a worker makes a complaint, which can give the appearance of retaliation.”

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