Most of the co-workers , supervisor and boss for the company I work for don’t like me. The place that I work for has a lot of people that don’t like my kind of race. I mean no problem with that you don’t have to like my race if you don’t want to. It is a free country. But every morning I work from 5am-3:30pm on a normal day. First two hours are overtime. Sometimes I have stuff to do and a family to take care of at times. So I cant "always" stay after 3:30, they tell me if "I" don’t work overtime. I will lose my job and don’t have one. But a lot of other co-workers don’t work overtime either, they go home when their regular day is over. And they still have their job. I know they are just waiting to get rid of me. I mean I know that they don’t like my race. But that isn’t right for them to get rid of me because of it. But if they do fire me, it is a At Will State. They can fire you regardless. They can give you a reason or not. What is a way a can prove they fired me because of my race? I mean being the only kind of race there and them firing me because I couldn’t work overtime a few times. But other workers there in the same crew that I am, don’t work overtime at all. And they don’t fire him, and I do more work than him. Could that be proof. I don’t see this as fair or right. What can I do?
2006-12-05 09:50:57 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
At will has nothing to do with it. If you are truely being singled out because of your race, you should contact the local labor authorities (or union if you have one). They cannot do this to you if you are a minority. There are laws which superceed the at-will employment doctrine. Now, if you go down that route, you should be aware that things will likely be worse since you've gone to the authorities.
Of course, we can only tell a very little by your descripion so we can only go at face value.
Find another job and go tell them to "f" themselves.
2006-12-05 09:56:23 · answer #1 · answered by dapixelator 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Have they given you any indication besides your own feeling that they don't like your race? For instance, Has someone said to you "We don't like-------here"?
If so you may have a case if you can prove it. Otherwise I would suck it up, work the overtime and look for another job.
2006-12-05 17:57:47 · answer #2 · answered by mamadixie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds f'd to me..but it's an at will state and you already said they didn't like you.
WHy would you want to work somewhere that was full of people that didn't like you.
Best advice...play their game....work the overtime and find a new job.
2006-12-05 17:54:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Nothing, it isn't always about race and frankly the majority of us are getting sick of the race card being played everytime some person has a gripe.
2006-12-05 17:54:27 · answer #4 · answered by pedohunter1488 4 · 0⤊ 6⤋
YOU CANT BE MADE TO WORK OVER TIME UNLESS IT IS IN YOUR JOB DESCRIPTION.
2006-12-05 18:18:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋