About retaliatoryfirecalc.com

Updated May 2026.

retaliatoryfirecalc.com is a free legal education resource maintained by The Click Lab. Our mission is to help employees who have experienced retaliatory discharge understand their legal options, the damages frameworks that apply to their situation, and the critical procedural deadlines they must meet — before the clock runs out.

Why We Built This

Retaliatory discharge is one of the most common forms of workplace misconduct, and one of the most underreported. Employees who have just been fired — often without severance, without a clear explanation, and with mounting financial pressure — routinely fail to seek legal advice before their EEOC or OSHA deadlines expire. By the time they understand what happened and consult an attorney, the 30-day OSHA window may have closed, the 180-day EEOC period may have lapsed, or other procedural bars may have foreclosed claims that would have been meritorious. We believe that basic information about how these claims work, freely available and plainly written, can help some of those people avoid those mistakes.

The calculator on this site is not a legal outcome predictor — we are clear and consistent about that. Retaliation cases are intensely fact-specific, juries are unpredictable, and the difference between a strong retaliation case and a weak one often turns on evidence that the calculator cannot know about. What the calculator can do is give employees a rough order-of-magnitude sense of what the economic stakes are in their situation, which helps them make an informed decision about whether and how quickly to consult an attorney.

What We Cover

This site focuses on retaliatory discharge in the employment law context: the legal frameworks under which employees can pursue claims when they are punished for engaging in legally protected activity. We cover the major federal statutes — Title VII, the FLSA, OSHA Section 11(c), and Section 1981 — as well as workers’ compensation retaliation and state whistleblower law. Each of these frameworks has different elements, different procedural requirements, and different damages structures that the site explains in plain English.

What We Don’t Do

We do not provide legal advice, and nothing on this site creates an attorney-client relationship. Calculator outputs are educational estimates based on the statutory frameworks and national median data — they do not predict your outcome. If you believe you have been retaliated against, the single most important action you can take is to consult a licensed employment attorney as quickly as possible. Most employment attorneys offer free initial consultations and take retaliation cases on contingency (no fee unless you win), because attorney fees are recoverable under most federal anti-retaliation statutes.

Our Editorial Team

Content on this site is reviewed by our editorial team, which includes employment law specialists with backgrounds in Title VII litigation, FLSA practice, and state employment law. Every factual legal claim is sourced to a primary authority. We update content when relevant statutes or case law changes.

How We Make Money

Display advertising via Google AdSense. We do not sell reader data, do not accept sponsored content, and do not receive referral fees for mentioning attorneys or other services. See our privacy policy for full disclosure.

Contact

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