Employment Law
A woman was sexually harassed by her boss at work. She was very upset by the harassment and so she made a report to the company’s human resources department about it. Unfortunately, after her report to HR, the company began “papering her file” with supposed “problems with her work,” even though she had always had good evaluations about her work before her report to HR. Then, within a few months, the company terminated her employment with no explanation or claim that she had done anything wrong that warranted termination. The firm assisted the employee with filing a lawsuit for wrongful termination and retaliatory discharge in violation of Michigan’s Elliott Larson Civil Rights Act, often called ELCRA, which protects employees from discrimination and harassment based on protected statuses such as sex, race, ethnicity, religion etc. ELCRA also offers protection from retaliation for opposing violations of the ELCRA statute (such as retaliatory firing of an employee in response to her/his objection to an employer’s unlawful harassment based on sex, race, religion etc). After filing suit, the firm was able to obtain a substantial settlement for the wrongfully discharged employee, so that she could move forward with her life and career in an efficient and supportive manner.
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