What is the name of your state? Texas
My Question is whether I was descriminated against regarding a Position I applied for which would be an advancement. I am a Secretary within my Department and approximately 4 months ago our Senior Secretary got fired. I was immediately moved to the Senior Secretary position and given the title of Interim Senior Secretary and a raise for the last four months. When they posted the position I applied for the position along with many others. However after I applied for the position my Manager talked to myself and my husband who works in the Department to encourage me to not apply, even though my Qualifications are at least the same or most likely more due to already knowing various internal programs for Payroll and Time Entry. My Husband told me during his meeting with the Manager that the Manager brought up that with both of us working there he felt funny giving me this Senior Secretary Position which also Supervises two other Secretaries. My Husband told him it's not a Company Policy. Our Company Policy states that I cannot Supervise my Husband and he can't Supervise me which neither one of us would be doing. I have had others pushing for me to get this position and was just told by this Manager that he was hiring from the Outside to fill this position which basically means I will be training this person to do Payroll, Time Entry and other programs, which he told me they were more Qualified.
Seeing this person's Application and Resume due to all Applications coming through me (Interim Senior Secretary) I am just as Qualified and probably more since I have already been employed knowing the Programs we use. Could this or is there anything about Marital Descrimination in the workplace?
I would just like some answers that I definitely won't get at this workplace.
My Question is whether I was descriminated against regarding a Position I applied for which would be an advancement. I am a Secretary within my Department and approximately 4 months ago our Senior Secretary got fired. I was immediately moved to the Senior Secretary position and given the title of Interim Senior Secretary and a raise for the last four months. When they posted the position I applied for the position along with many others. However after I applied for the position my Manager talked to myself and my husband who works in the Department to encourage me to not apply, even though my Qualifications are at least the same or most likely more due to already knowing various internal programs for Payroll and Time Entry. My Husband told me during his meeting with the Manager that the Manager brought up that with both of us working there he felt funny giving me this Senior Secretary Position which also Supervises two other Secretaries. My Husband told him it's not a Company Policy. Our Company Policy states that I cannot Supervise my Husband and he can't Supervise me which neither one of us would be doing. I have had others pushing for me to get this position and was just told by this Manager that he was hiring from the Outside to fill this position which basically means I will be training this person to do Payroll, Time Entry and other programs, which he told me they were more Qualified.
Seeing this person's Application and Resume due to all Applications coming through me (Interim Senior Secretary) I am just as Qualified and probably more since I have already been employed knowing the Programs we use. Could this or is there anything about Marital Descrimination in the workplace?
I would just like some answers that I definitely won't get at this workplace.