Employment Law
Understating Employment Law in Oklahoma and Your Legal Rights
Employees are protected under select conditions from harassment, discrimination, defamation, and wrongful termination under federal and state laws. However, because of the complex and nuanced nature of employment law, many workers do not address potentially valid concerns because they lack of proper information or they feel intimidated.
Under employment law, workers are protected from being treated differently based upon specific traits, with regard to situations involving hiring or firing, demotion, harassment. These traits may include race or ethnicity, gender, pregnancy, age, disability, and religion. Workers are also covered from negative employment consequences while exercising employment rights, such as a workers’ compensation claim, a leave of absence under the Family Medical Leave Act, or a report of a company’s violation to a state bureau. Oppositely, if an employer asks an employee to perform something unlawful and they refuse, the employer is not permitted to take negative action in response.
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