Recent content by emp123

Too late. The time allowed to sign was too short. The trauma of the harassment, management/HR lies and being laid off made it impossible to deal with the issue in the amount of time alloted. I imagine that is the intention. I forget the exact wording of the line in question. But I...

jackey, Actually, the EEOC told me 300 days. Otherwise your stament is in agreement with my understanding. Thanks.

Thank you for answering my questions. I did ask the EEOC the same questions sometime after the last post. They were not much help. I was laid off around the same time. I believe in retaliation for my complaints on discrimination and harassment from management And, more importantly, my...

I haven't asked the EEOC yet. My last EEOC question took about a month before I got an answer. I was about to start the complaint process when I read about the potential for the law change. I figured I'd best wait till after the change. I asked the question so I would be better...

Actually, you have hit on the reason for the change to the law. Companies don't tell employees when they discriminate against them. The unfortunate woman involved in the case discovered at the end of her career she had been the victim of discriminatory pay for 19 years. She sued and...

Thanks. That answers the theoretical part of my question. From a practical perspective, laws are usually written so they are in effect from the date of the law forward (ex post facto). If I had been receiving discriminatory pay for the 10 years before the law was changed, would I be able...

I look forward to your thoughts.

Agreed, this has been illegal for some time. However, the supreme court ruled in 2007 that the discrimination claim must be filed within 180 days of the discrimination event. The change to the law extends the time to 180 days from each discriminating paycheck. I think I have that...

On Thursday 1-29-09 president Obama signed a change to the "1964 Civil Rights Act" (equal pay act?). http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090129/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_15 Does this change apply only from 1-29-09 onwards? That is, if I discover next week that I have been receiving unequal pay...

progress report A progress report: My company is a multi-national based in california. I spoke with 2 family referred lawyers. Each agreed that I had been treated badly, but they said my case was outside there scope of their practice. On reflection of the discussions, I think my lack of...

Thank you for the prompt answer.

Does harassment require 'intent'? My HR agrees that I have been the victim of inappropriate behavior for many years. But HR claims without proof the behavior was directed at me there is no harassment I have pointed out the guideline from the EEOC; "The victim does not have to be the...

Thank you for the explanations.

I suppose I should not be suprised to hear this. Thank you for your assitance.

Thank you for your thoughts Let me add some more detail. I recently transitioned off a job. This job was taken over by another by another employee. I later found out the employee is of a higher rank (more $) than I. I also was reminded (by company newsletter) that my company claims to...