Legal Question in Discrimination Law in Washington

Re: EEO witness rights

Retaliation by an employer against an employee who has cooperated with government investigators is unlawful.

Your employer knows or should know this. So

IF an adverse action is taken by your employer,

the action will be more likely subtle than

overt. Your protection is the PAPER TRAIL of what you said to EEOC

"investigators."

The likelihood and scope and effect of an adverse action

depends (a) on the size -- both dollars and number of employees --

of the employing company,

(b) the sector (public or private),

(c) the industry (for instance, environmental,

computer, telephones, auto parts), and

(d) other factors too numerous to list here.

Anonymity is more often than not a ploy used by both employers and government agencies. They have no legal obligation to identify anyone who cooperated on behalf of any party to the controversy.

Courts sometimes do NOT care and sometimes (less often) they do.

I do not know the position of the courts in the

state of Washington.

Let your fingers do the walking in the Yellow

Pages and find a local employment lawyer and

explain your situation.

Certainly write a chronology of events while

they are still fresh in your mind. You will

possibly need to be able to recall those facts

at some later time. Also get in writing, if at

all possible, from colleagues or co-employees

facts which buttress your position, whatever it

is.

Good luck.

Barbara C. Johnson,

http://falseallegations.com