Plant Services - February 2008 - (Page 65) IN THE TRENCHES She’s obviously a good employee and an asset to the company. That’s the type of person you want. Acme’s time could be better spent getting rid of some of their turkeys. She didn’t do anything wrong or detrimental to the company, so forget it and move on. Professor Homer H. Johnson, Ph.D. Loyola University Chicago (312) 915-6682 hjohnso@luc.edu position, but farsighted employers promote from within whenever feasible, and that includes promoting lowerlevel employees to exempt positions. Many executives have worked their way up from the hourly ranks. Julie Badel, partner Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. (312) 499-1418 jbadel@ebglaw.com An attorney says: Anne should prevail in her discrimination claim against the company. Acme engaged in a persistent scheme to retaliate against her for participating in an investigation concerning Nola’s complaint. Just as the law protects from retaliation employees who make harassment complaints, it also protects employees who cooperate in an investigation of a complaint. It’s not clear whether Anne knew the identity of the employee who left the flyers in the plant, but if she did, Acme should have followed up and disciplined or discharged the person as part of its duty to provide a workplace free from unlawful harassment. Acme dropped the ball in terms of investigating and eradicating it. Penalizing Anne didn’t solve the problem; it merely swept it under the rug. Our entire justice system depends on the willingness of individuals to become involved in someone else’s problems. Without this willingness, we’d never have witnesses to testify at trials, other than the parties to the litigation. Anne acted in a responsible manner by telling the company investigators what she observed. By reserving vacation time in the event she was asked to testify, Anne went above and beyond the call of duty. Many hourly non-exempt employees are promoted to exempt salaried status. An hourly employee shouldn’t “expect” to be promoted to an exempt February 2008 www.PLANTSERVICES.com 65 http://www.bakerinst.com http://www.bakerinst.com http://www.PLANTSERVICES.com
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