Q: Everyone treated me differently after I accepted my transfer offer. Is this retaliation?
I’m in a shift lead role. I recently got approved for a site transfer for October. This morning I was trying to staff the associates then was told by a higher ranked supervisor to step aside and let someone else do it. I was taken off my shift lead role for today and was placed on a station although it is my turn to lead this week (we take turns every week). Other supervisors are also acting weird towards me (they no longer make small conversation or eye contact with me) it felt like everyone was avoiding me. Is this some sort of retaliation that’s caused by my transfer? (Note: our site is currently understaffed due to others transferred away as well)
A:
Employment retaliation is when an employer takes adverse action against an employee for engaging in protected activity. Protected activities include making a complaint to a governmental body, participating in workplace investigations, or opposing discrimination.
Adverse actions are actions that would discourage an employee from raising concerns or engaging in protected activity. They can include:
Firing or terminating an employee
Reducing pay or benefits
Denying a promotion or raise
Transferring an employee to a less desirable assignment
Changing work hours to a less desirable shift
Giving an unjustified negative performance evaluation
Demoting an employee without a justifiable reason
Your question does not indicate that you made a complaint to a governmental body, participated in a workplace investigation, or in some way opposed discrimination. So it doesn't sound like "retaliation."
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