Assertion: retaliation's employer | /r/CapableOf | demote employee
Facets:
value: out of the desire
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: Employers cannot fire or demote an employee if their actions are protected by law.
text: On April 26, 2016, in Heffernan v. City of Paterson, the Third Circuit held that if an employer demotes an employee out of the desire to prevent that employee from engaging in protected political activity, the employee is entitled to challenge that unlawful action under the First Amendment and Section 1983 even if the employer’s actions are based on factual mistake about the employee’s behavior.