Sentences with phrase «retaliating against workers»

Stuart Appelbaum, president of the RWDSU, thanked de Blasio for expanding living wage while pressuring him to support a bill to be introduced in the Council that would disallow developers from retaliating against workers who unionize on projects covered under the living - wage law.

The Paycheck Fairness Act pending before Senate «punishes employers for retaliating against workers who share wage information, puts the justification burden on employers as to why someone is paid less and allows workers to sue for punitive damages of wage discrimination.»

[50] An interpretation that allows employers to penalize or retaliate against workers who make a workplace harassment complaint would entirely undermine the procedural mechanism that the Act creates through which harassment issues can be brought forward in the workplace.

Not exact matches

«Instead of complying with the law when they were called on their violation of Westchester County Civil Service rules in this worker's firing, they thumbed their nose at the judge's ruling by retaliating against her.

Can My Employer Retaliate Against Me for Seeking Workers» Compensation Benefits?

Workers who have been retaliated against for reporting discrimination can take legal action to resolve the situation and achieve justice.

It is a world where jobs pay less than the minimum wage, and sometimes nothing at all; where employers do not pay overtime for 60 - hour weeks, and deny meal breaks that are required by law; where vital health and safety regulations are routinely ignored, even after injuries occur; and where workers are subject to blatant discrimination, and retaliated against for speaking up or trying to organize.

Aside from the physical pain, you may experience emotional anguish worrying that your employer might retaliate against you if you file for Workers» Compensation.

You should also note that employers are not allowed to retaliate against their employees if they file a worker's compensation claim.

Mass. federal court says jury could reasonably find that Framingham School Committee retaliated against social worker for speaking out about sexual assault

An interpretation of the Act that finds employers are obligated to create and maintain a policy by which workers may bring forward complaints of harassment but are nevertheless free to terminate, or otherwise penalize or retaliate against, any worker for having actually made a complaint under that policy is, in my view, untenable.

PARTNER MARK T. QUIGLEY, A NATIONALLY RESPECTED TRIAL ATTORNEY, has spent the past three decades championing the rights of whistleblowers and workers who've been terminated or retaliated against due to unlawful employment practices.