Okay, I'll try:
Husband's direct supervisor had did something against him (that involved breaking a state law and something that husband was asking for during the past four years so he can properly do his job) and he went up the chain of command a couple of levels (the position above the boss was empty at the time). That manager said he would take it seriously but apparently didn't do anything either (even though it would have taken minutes to at least straighten out the problem). So when it was apparent a couple of weeks later that it wasn't resolved, husband sent another email to the manager, who apparently called the boss and told him to take care of it.
Husband gets an email in which boss claims everything was fixed and you shouldn't have gone up the chain of command -- intimidation and all that. The manager shrugged off the email as the boss "was wounded."
Then it looked like the boss was about to make a big deal about it in front of the co-workers. I was concerned about husband and told him that he needed to get out of there. He went to a doctor who confirmed he was showing signs of extreme stress. The ball got rolling for a workers comp case, he was out for about two months.
He returns to work and realizes that everyone knows that he went out on stress. There's even some comments made. After a couple of weeks, he finally gets the thing he needed that his boss was playing keepaway and lying about all those years. He decided to check it out and discovered that the device (it's a security access card to a municipality emergency area for which there's strict codes and laws concerning) was in someone else's name. The card that was in his name wasn't turned off (and apparently being used by someone else all that time, which is a violation of law).
He also was kept out of the loop about a job opportuntiy there (violation of policy for this place) that could mean getting a promotion in the future. He was the most likely person to be considered and even the guys working for him didn't believe it when later on someone else walked in and said he was transferred there, that he was never told.
At some point, he finally found out about the EEOC, had his intake. The intake person was appalled at what happened and said yes that was discrimination.
At some point, he was asked if he wanted mediation. He decided yes, maybe his employer would have to do something for him. That was a waste of time even after he read this narrative about what actually happened, and the lawyer who was mediating it said he was appalled.
His case was assigned to an investigator. His first phone call to her was cordial and when he said he would send more info, she said that's great.
In July, he was deposed by a lawyer for his employer about the WC case and at the end, the lawyer was shaking his head.
The next month, husband called the investigator who wasn't cordial this time. She was grumbling that he wasn't disabled...you practically have to be deaf, blind and missing all your limbs to be disabled, etc. He brought up that the shrink hired by the employer to disavow the WC case came up with a ridiculous diagnosis saying he was suffering from stress and other stuff but it was not industrial based (which of course any reasonable person would disagree about). He then asked about the releasing of his medical info and she said that's different.
So a few months ago we decided to start mailing out letters to employment lawyers. One law firm said to call back after we get a "finding." Last week, before we got the letter from the EEOC, husband did call the law firm and said a finding was imminent. He had mentioned that he was told by the EEOC that they didn't call any of his witnesses and the lawyer thought that meant he would get a finding.
He did keep print outs of emails (which was good because when he came back from the IOD, his computer had been wiped clean...no emails left on). There's been things happening since all this (his boss tried unsuccessfully to get him disclipined last week). But at this meeting, when his boss was telling some lies and husband kept responding as such, the boss' boss said that if you two can't get along, I'll have to move somebody and that would be you (indicating my husband). He's concerned that now he's under a microscope and his boss will be looking for anything to ding him on.
This whole thing has been upsetting. He's worked there for over 25 years, no bad evaluations at all (this boss has never given him an evaluation in the seven plus years he's worked in this area), even a commendation at his previous assignment. We need to get a lawyer handing this case and that alone would be a moral victory.
I hiope I gave enough info (probably too much, but it's so complicated). Thanks.
