Can an employer fire an employee if she sues for unpaid wages?
An employer cannot legally fire an employee or retaliate against her if she sues for unpaid wages. Common examples of retaliation include blacklisting employees who have made FLSA claims, refusing to hire applicants who have made FLSA claims at a previous employment, firing relatives of the employee, reducing job responsibilities, assigning the employee to unpopular job duties or shifts, disciplining the employee out of proportion to past disciplinary practices, refusing raises, or lowering performance evaluations.
