bruceb4368
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? SC
I recently was fired, released, terminated whatever thru no fault nothing I did wrong, my boss told me he didn't want to do it but the new manager did not want to work with me. The new manager was a co-worker that got promoted, the day he got promoted he told the owner he didn't want me working there, so the owner fired me.
I got a good letter of recommendation from the owner and there was never any write ups or complaints about my work. The new manager is 25 I am 53 he has told me before I was older than his dad and made other age related comments, which I let roll off. As soon as I was out of the door, he hired a friend of his to replace me, the friend is around mid 20's. The owner said he tried to reason with the new manager not to let me go because they would have to hire and train someone else and the manager said no. It is bad enough that they promoted this guy to manager, even though I have 30 years experience, but he let it know that he did not like me and I should not be there.
Do I have a case of age discrimination, or just stupidity, EEOC will not touch it because the company has less than 20 employees. It is very difficult for me to get a job because I was self employed for over 21 years and my age. Another mistake I made was telling the owner I had a mental illness, depression and bi polar disorder, he never mentioned it but I can't help thinking it was in the back of his mind.
I really appreciate some ideas, even though I will get unemployment benefits, I am very afraid of being unemployed because of the depression, and the unemployment benefit is very low, which I plan to fight too.
I recently was fired, released, terminated whatever thru no fault nothing I did wrong, my boss told me he didn't want to do it but the new manager did not want to work with me. The new manager was a co-worker that got promoted, the day he got promoted he told the owner he didn't want me working there, so the owner fired me.
I got a good letter of recommendation from the owner and there was never any write ups or complaints about my work. The new manager is 25 I am 53 he has told me before I was older than his dad and made other age related comments, which I let roll off. As soon as I was out of the door, he hired a friend of his to replace me, the friend is around mid 20's. The owner said he tried to reason with the new manager not to let me go because they would have to hire and train someone else and the manager said no. It is bad enough that they promoted this guy to manager, even though I have 30 years experience, but he let it know that he did not like me and I should not be there.
Do I have a case of age discrimination, or just stupidity, EEOC will not touch it because the company has less than 20 employees. It is very difficult for me to get a job because I was self employed for over 21 years and my age. Another mistake I made was telling the owner I had a mental illness, depression and bi polar disorder, he never mentioned it but I can't help thinking it was in the back of his mind.
I really appreciate some ideas, even though I will get unemployment benefits, I am very afraid of being unemployed because of the depression, and the unemployment benefit is very low, which I plan to fight too.