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discrimination or harrassment? I need advice

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feralucce

Junior Member
Orlando, Florida

In september, I was written up for some things.In that write up my job was threatened. My wife and I work at the same company. On our lunch break we would snuggle in the break room. Alternately one of us sitting on a wall that they calla counter... Not denying that. That and several other small things, all tied in together in that issue. Most of which, I was unaware they considered an offense. That is not the issue.

The issue is. She was involved in everything contained in that write up as well and she was not written up. I responded with a letter citing the lack of equal enforcement and nothing has happened. Meanwhile, everything but the snuggling is done by other employees, and nothing has been done to stop the behavior. I feel I was discriminated against... or at the least harassed.

I desire input.
 


cbg

I'm a Northern Girl
Nothing you have posted is even remotely close to harassment. I'll address discrimination separately.

How other employees were treated is none of your affair. There can be valid and legal reasons for disciplining one employee and not another for the same offense.

"Snuggling" is inappropriate behavior in the workplace. The fact that the other employees did not engage in such behavior may well be one reason that you were disciplined and they were not.

Why you were disciplined and your wife was not is something I cannot answer, but unless you have a valid and supportable reason to believe that you were disciplined and not SHE BECAUSE OF your race, religion, national origin or other protected characteristic, it is not illegal discrimination.
 

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