Can my employer suspend me for making a complaint against a co-worker?
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Can my employer suspend me for making a complaint against a co-worker?
I work at a restaurant that has surveys at the top of the receipt. I wasn’t in uniform and was paying for my food, so I did the survey and made a complaint against the girl making my food. She was being rude to me because of how I wanted my food made and took a long time to make it, hence making everybody else’s food instead of mine. I received a 5 day suspension because of the survey complaint
Asked on January 27, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Ohio
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
Unless this your treatment constituted some form of legally actionable discriminaton (but it does not appear to) or violated the terms of an employment contract/union agreement, it was legal. In an "at will" work relationship, a company can set the conditions of employment much as it sees fit. This includes who to suspend and why.
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