Reprisal can be:
- Any harmful measure, including adverse effects to employment or working conditions, against someone who made a disclosure related to a public body. It may also apply to people who have cooperated in an audit or investigation following a disclosure. The damage may be economic, physical, psychological, social, disciplinary or material.
- Threats, pressure or bullying to keep someone from making a disclosure or cooperating in an investigation.
Examples of reprisal after disclosing or having cooperated in an audit or investigation
Reprisals against an employee or trainee working in a public body
- Suspension, dismissal, demotion or transfer;
- Obstacles to advancement;
- A reorganized work schedule;
- Refusal to allow overtime or imposing excessive overtime;
- Fewer work hours;
- Exclusion from team meetings;
- Refusal to approve time off for family reasons.
Reprisals against any other person
- A childcare centre (CPE) deprives a parent of certain rights or treats the parent differently from other parents;
- A city resident is refused a building permit;
- A resident of a CHSLD is evicted from his establishment;
- A parent sees his or her child suspended, expelled, treated differently from other children or deprived of certain rights by a subsidized day care centre;
- A member of the board of directors of a non-profit organisation is prevented from sitting on the board;
- A university student is blocked from getting a job as a research assistant by a department head.
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