Okay here's the thing. I'm a 19 year old straight male. I was recently threatened to have my hours taken away if I did not go out with my boss. Please read further because there are some variables that I'm not sure if they affect the situation.
It is a small independently owned retail store. The general manager who hired me is the person I had this problem with. Before I even was hired, I had a series of interviews. In only the second one he started talking about a management position that may be open to me. He asked if I was looking for a long term job and I said yes because I have a girlfriend and a baby on the way, and he replied with 'so I guess that rules out my chances'. The way he acted towards me was very weird but I brushed it off. He warned me that the lady who trained me was very 'open with her opinions'. She ended up telling me how he drinks on the job and how a few employees have reported it to the owners but nothing has been done about it.
Anyway, I was hired there about a month ago and I have only worked 1 day. I was supposed to work this past Saturday, when he called me and told me he didn't need me to come in but that there was something he needed to talk to me about and that he would call me Monday. I didn't get a call from him on Monday, so I called in today and this is when all of this happened. He said 'I'm not sure how you feel about this but I was hoping we could go out some time but confidentially.' When I respectfully declined he said 'ok, well it looks like that management position has suddenly closed.' And he went on to tell me about he wasn't putting me on the schedule this next week and to call back next Wednesday for my schedule but that it would most likely only be 1 day a week. It seemed very sarcastic and like a response to me turning him down.
For the 1 day that I worked 3 weeks ago, paychecks were issued 2 weeks ago but I haven't went in to get mine yet. During this same conversation, he asked my social security number. I gave it to him and didn't think much of it. When I asked why he needed it, he said 'it's for paychecks and such' and that I wouldn't be able to pick up my check because they didn't have my social security number on file. I know on my application as well as on the paperwork I filled out when I was hired I wrote my social security number multiple times and they even made a copy of the actual card. Now that paycheck was issued 2 WEEKS AGO, so now all of a sudden why is my social security number stopping me from getting it? If that was the case don't you think they would've let me know that before?
I feel like what I have heard from other employees that it's pointless to go to the owners with this. I'm looking into suing both the man who did this and the company for allowing the man they appointed boss to unfairly take out grudges on people for not doing what he wants. But I've never been to court before or done anything like this. Based on this do I have a case and is it something that can be taken care of in small claims or without a lawyer? Thank you.
It is a small independently owned retail store. The general manager who hired me is the person I had this problem with. Before I even was hired, I had a series of interviews. In only the second one he started talking about a management position that may be open to me. He asked if I was looking for a long term job and I said yes because I have a girlfriend and a baby on the way, and he replied with 'so I guess that rules out my chances'. The way he acted towards me was very weird but I brushed it off. He warned me that the lady who trained me was very 'open with her opinions'. She ended up telling me how he drinks on the job and how a few employees have reported it to the owners but nothing has been done about it.
Anyway, I was hired there about a month ago and I have only worked 1 day. I was supposed to work this past Saturday, when he called me and told me he didn't need me to come in but that there was something he needed to talk to me about and that he would call me Monday. I didn't get a call from him on Monday, so I called in today and this is when all of this happened. He said 'I'm not sure how you feel about this but I was hoping we could go out some time but confidentially.' When I respectfully declined he said 'ok, well it looks like that management position has suddenly closed.' And he went on to tell me about he wasn't putting me on the schedule this next week and to call back next Wednesday for my schedule but that it would most likely only be 1 day a week. It seemed very sarcastic and like a response to me turning him down.
For the 1 day that I worked 3 weeks ago, paychecks were issued 2 weeks ago but I haven't went in to get mine yet. During this same conversation, he asked my social security number. I gave it to him and didn't think much of it. When I asked why he needed it, he said 'it's for paychecks and such' and that I wouldn't be able to pick up my check because they didn't have my social security number on file. I know on my application as well as on the paperwork I filled out when I was hired I wrote my social security number multiple times and they even made a copy of the actual card. Now that paycheck was issued 2 WEEKS AGO, so now all of a sudden why is my social security number stopping me from getting it? If that was the case don't you think they would've let me know that before?
I feel like what I have heard from other employees that it's pointless to go to the owners with this. I'm looking into suing both the man who did this and the company for allowing the man they appointed boss to unfairly take out grudges on people for not doing what he wants. But I've never been to court before or done anything like this. Based on this do I have a case and is it something that can be taken care of in small claims or without a lawyer? Thank you.
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