Retaliation can occur when an employee files a discrimination charge. Retaliation can be in the form of some type of adverse action toward the employee making the claim or it could be refusing to cooperate with the process of the discrimination case. There are many considerations which go into the investigation as to whether an action was a direct result of a discrimination charge. In many cases, it is obvious and the employer flat out refuses to work with the EEOC and other agencies involved. Other times it is not so obvious. An employer can retaliate against an employee and then claim it had nothing to do with the discrimination charge. This process of investigating the retaliation often causes even further delays in the discrimination charge. Retaliation against an employee who files a discrimination charge is very illegal but depending on how crafty the employer is, it can be pulled off. This is yet another example of the employee being used and even abused within the system.