Question

An employer informs its employees that it will hold a substantial cash prize drawing for each work group at the end of each month in which all members of the work group comply with applicable safety rules, such as wearing required fall protection. Doug sustains a lost-time injury when he falls from a platform while not wearing required fall protection. Dougâs employer cancelled the cash prize drawing for Dougâs work group that month because Doug failed to wear required fall protection. The employer actively monitors its workforce for compliance with applicable work rules and cancels the cash prize drawings when it discovers work rule violations regardless of whether the employee who violated the work rule also reported an injury. Did the employer use an incentive program to retaliate against Doug?

Answer 1

Answer:

No, I don’t think that the employer has used an incentive program to retaliate against Doug.

In fact, he thought about the safety of the person and took the decision to cancel the cash prize drawings so that the person will be careful next time and will not violate the safety rules.

This has done in the favour of Doug and not against.