[nynor]

i cannot believe it only just occurred to me that it is retaliation. i was placing the responsibility of the decision on someone else. now i can see that my boss might have made an end-run around that person, straight to corporate and got the whole ball rolling. if that were the truth, and it could be teased out, my boss would be fired. the whole non-retaliation was discussed at the time.

maybe a call or email to corporate HR to ask them about the new 'policy' is in order.