Question

question 3 of 3 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 no employee in the work group sustains a lost - time injury. tyra reports an injury that she sustained while operating a mechanical power press. tyra did not violate any employer safety rules when she sustained her injury. tyras injury requires her to miss work for two days. her employer cancels the cash prize drawing for that month for tyras work group because of tyras lost - time injury. did the employer misuse an incentive program to retaliate against tyra? yes no

Explanation:

To determine if the employer misused the incentive program for retaliation, we analyze the situation: Tyra’s injury was not due to violating safety rules, and the incentive program’s condition (no lost - time injury) was met by her injury (she had a lost - time injury). However, retaliation would involve punishing Tyra for reporting an injury or engaging in a protected activity. Here, the employer canceled the group’s prize based on the program’s rule (no lost - time injury in the group), not as a punishment for Tyra’s injury report (since her injury was a valid lost - time injury for the program’s condition). So the employer did not misuse the program to retaliate.

Answer:

No