A hostile work environment exists when unwelcome conduct occurs based upon a protected characteristic. So, for example, sexual harassment — a sexual harassment hostile work environment would be an environment that is filled with sexual comments, misogynistic behavior, treating women differently. It could also be on the basis of age, or on the basis

 So, retaliation in the employment context occurs when an employer punishes an employee for engaging in legally protected speech or activity, and specifically, that would result in an adverse employment action taken against the employee. So, for example, termination, suspension, demotion, decrease in wages, or discipline. And those are covered by a number of

 00:00 The technical answer is no. The situation in the workplace as an employee, you have rights to get paid for the hours you’ve worked. You also have, even if you’re an outwill employee, you have a contract of employment. You come to work every day, you work 40 hours a week or however

 00:00 You certainly need proof uh to build a whistleblower case because without that proof, these cases are very labor intensive and hard to prove. So, you need proof, you can’t just rely upon what may be in the employer’s possession. You may need documents. Documents could include text messages, could include emails, could

 00:00 The best time to call an employment lawyer is if you’re having difficulty on your job. Either you’re you suffer an adverse employment action, whether it be a suspension, demotion, a firing, uh, and you need assistance in figuring out what your rights are as an employee. That would be the best time

 This transcript was auto-populated Transcript: 00:00:00 – 00:01:15 So the false claims act is a statute involving defrauding the federal government. Now there are both federal the federal false claims act and states also have false claims act pertaining to state funds that are being spent. A whistleblower under the False Claims Act is