Where a former employee sued for an unpaid commission, the case on the commission was dismissed, but the claim of being fired in retaliation for making a claim was allowed to continue. WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT… The wage act, like most worker protection laws, penalizes retaliation against workers for seeking protection under the law. The company argued that because the wage act claim was dismissed, the related retaliation claim should be dismissed as well. The court denied the

An employer was deemed liable for retaliating against a worker by suspending and transferring him after he reported unlawful harassment. A lack of hostility, animosity, or ill intent was irrelevant. WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT…The MCAD found that transferring an employee on the same day he formally complained about being threatened and called a slur is reasonably experienced by a victim as punitive and has the effect of dissuading an employee from coming forward with a complaint

A federal court of appeals has held that a forensic search of an employee’s work computer could constitute unlawful retaliation for an...