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Training warns retaliation remains top employer liability; supervisors urged to document coaching
Summary
A Taylor County staff training stressed retaliation is the most common employee claim and advised supervisors to keep dated, brief records of coaching and performance conversations to show preexisting issues if an adverse action follows a protected activity.
Unidentified Speaker 1, a staff member leading the training, told Taylor County supervisors that "retaliation continues to be the number 1 call for claims against employers" and walked through a formula for retaliation: an employee engages in protected activity, and an adverse employment action follows.
The trainer said protected activity includes reporting discrimination or harassment, refusing unwanted advances, whistleblowing, taking Family and Medical Leave Act leave, reporting unsafe working conditions and filing workers' compensation claims. She…
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