I would say the only thing to do, if you are in a situation to do it, is legal action. It's the only thing people like that understand. Power and money. So take their money if you can. And find a better place to contribute your skills. There are better places to work out there.
Unfortunately, at least in the US, most employers will not hire someone who sued an ex-employer, even when the suit was clearly justified. It's actually legal (amazingly) to discriminate against people who used legal process.
I don't know who's right and I like Github, but a future employer with moral courage would take a chance on someone like JAH (who hasn't sued to my knowledge, but is still probably blacklisted, to tell the horrible truth) and at least hear her out, and hire her if she seemed well-matched to the role. Unfortunately, moral courage is incredibly thin on the ground. Most people are useless cowards.
Both with regard to stuff like this and whistle-blowers more generally, I kind of wonder why more companies don't hire former whistle-blowers as a signal they've nothing to blow whistles about.
Unfortunately, at least in the US, most employers will not hire someone who sued an ex-employer, even when the suit was clearly justified. It's actually legal (amazingly) to discriminate against people who used legal process.
I don't know who's right and I like Github, but a future employer with moral courage would take a chance on someone like JAH (who hasn't sued to my knowledge, but is still probably blacklisted, to tell the horrible truth) and at least hear her out, and hire her if she seemed well-matched to the role. Unfortunately, moral courage is incredibly thin on the ground. Most people are useless cowards.