What should an employer do when someone has complained about race/color discrimination?
Employers should investigate and seek to resolve any complaint of discrimination by an applicant or employee. Employers should remember that, in all cases, it is unlawful to retaliate against a worker who complains of discrimination or participates in an investigation of discrimination. Example: In the months following a charge of discrimination, a Native American employee begins receiving less and less overtime work. He files another charge alleging that the denial of overtime is retaliatory. The employer states that the employee was not assigned overtime because there is less work. However, the investigation reveals no significant change in the amount of overtime available before and after the employee’s original charge. Other employees with similar qualifications have continued to be assigned overtime at approximately the same rate. These facts establish that the employee has been retaliated against for filing a charge.
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