Are there laws dealing with retaliation by an employer taken after the employee quit?
Question by homo erectus: Are there laws dealing with retaliation by an employer taken after the employee quit?
According to what I have read, it appears that retaliation laws deal with retaliation occurring at the workplace, not after. But there are times when employers retaliate even after an employee has quit. Are there any laws regarding this? Is this called “retaliation?”
For example, in the case an employee has quit. The ex-employee may not have done anything to make the employer believe there is a lawsuit coming. But if an employer has not paid an employee or has not followed other parts of the employee’s contract, that employer may perceive the ex-employee as a threat for court action.
If the employer visits the ex-employee’s home to discuss this, calls on the phone and yells at the ex-employee, threatens legal action against the ex-employee, threatens the ex-employee not to return to the state or be arrested due to some alleged crime the employer has invented — these (and other actions taken against the ex-employee) would appear to be retaliation.
Is this retaliation? Legally speaking, I mean. Or is it something else?
Thank you for the answers. I am sorry that I cannot be more specific. My main problem deals primarily with retaliation. According to every law I can find, retaliation is something which happens at the workplace. The question, then, is this:
Is there any legal basis for suing for retaliation which happens AFTER one has already quit a job?
Best answer:
Answer by Thomas
Intimidation and harassment. Sue!
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