Sample Charges: Retaliation

Description

Retaliation is the most common charge the EEOC sees, because employers often punish the act of complaining as much as the original problem. If you raised a concern, supported a coworker, or filed a complaint and then got written up, demoted, or fired, that timing matters.

These four (4) samples illustrate how to write your particular charge in various contexts:

• 1 Pretext + Comparator Sample
• 1 Pretext Only Sample
• 1 Comparator Only Sample
• 1 Pretext + Comparator + Protected Activity Nexus

You will get real-format example charges for retaliation, structured the way the EEOC expects and written the way a seasoned employment attorney would frame them: the protected activity, the adverse action that followed, and the connection between them that makes retaliation clear.

Study them to learn the structure and detail that make a charge effective. They are illustrative, educational examples, not legal advice and not a form to file as written. Because a Charge of Discrimination is sworn under penalty of perjury, your charge must reflect your own truthful experience, in your own words. See what strong looks like, then build yours.