RETALIATION
It is unlawful in California for an employer to demote, suspend, terminate or harass any employee because that employee has engaged in protected activities. Such protected activities include protesting, complaining about, resisting or otherwise "opposing" unlawful discrimination or harassment. Retaliation by the employer is prohibited whether the employee is opposing harassment or discrimination directed against themselves or another employee. Moreover, the protection from retaliation is the same whether it turns out that the original harassment or discrimination complaint was valid or not - so long as the employee has a reasonable good faith belief that what he/she was complaining about was unlawful harassment or discrimination.
It is also unlawful for an employer to retaliate against an employee for refusing to violate any law, for reporting the employer for violating any law, or for protesting conduct by the employer that is the subject of any state of federal statute, regulation, or constitutional provision. See Wrongful Termination.
It is also unlawful for an employer to retaliate against an employee for refusing to violate any law, for reporting the employer for violating any law, or for protesting conduct by the employer that is the subject of any state of federal statute, regulation, or constitutional provision. See Wrongful Termination.
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