What is the name of your state?Texas
Ok I have a really big problem and could really use some
sort of help on if and what I should do legally if
possible. Currently I am employed at a job in which a
rumor has been spread that I am gay. For the record I am
not. Prior to this rumor being spread I had no problems
with my supervisors or coworkers. Afterward I was
shunned, isolated from the rest of the work team and made
to work single handed on projects that required two people
or give instruction to perform nut not trained to do them.
This resulted in my work being completed slowly or with
mistakes because I had no direction. Thus being
reprimanded. I have also over heard conversations in
which I was called many vicious and hateful names such as
dirty, cocksucker, freak, fag homo, etc... No one has
ever made an overt comment to me. I at one time became so
dismayed at the situation that I quiet. The next day the
department supervisor called me and asked why I had left.
I informed him of the situation and he told me that he had
no knowledge of the situation. He informed me that I was
a good worker and that he hated to leave me. Since he had
made it clear that he knew about the situation that had
happened to me I told him I would love to come back,
assuming he would solve the problems. He agreed and moved
me to a different work group. The same problems soon
arose. Just yesterday I got wind that my direct
supervisors and the rest of my team were actively trying
to get me fired the day before Christmas Eve. Emotionally
I am a wreck. The stress of having to go to work and hear
things so vile about you is tremendous. I've skipped
meals, had trouble sleeping and am preoccupied by this
situation. I'm contemplating quitting the first working
day after the holidays, provided I'm not fired tomorrow.
My question is what are my legal options or do I even have
any?
The second part of my problem is that I have somewhat
tracked down the source of the rumors. They go back to my
previous job in which I had a difficult client. It seems
either someone at my current job is related to this person
or they have either relayed through that person or have
personally spoken with my co workers. The other scenario
is that she somehow got access to my new job and contacted
them. I was made aware shortly before I left the company
that she was making these claims about me. I was
responsible for that client for a year and a half and only
had contact with her maybe 20 times indirectly so while
annoyed at her claims it didn't affect my job. My
question on this matter is do I have a claim for
defamation of character and if so what do I have to prove
to win a judgment? Thank you for your suggestions.
Ok I have a really big problem and could really use some
sort of help on if and what I should do legally if
possible. Currently I am employed at a job in which a
rumor has been spread that I am gay. For the record I am
not. Prior to this rumor being spread I had no problems
with my supervisors or coworkers. Afterward I was
shunned, isolated from the rest of the work team and made
to work single handed on projects that required two people
or give instruction to perform nut not trained to do them.
This resulted in my work being completed slowly or with
mistakes because I had no direction. Thus being
reprimanded. I have also over heard conversations in
which I was called many vicious and hateful names such as
dirty, cocksucker, freak, fag homo, etc... No one has
ever made an overt comment to me. I at one time became so
dismayed at the situation that I quiet. The next day the
department supervisor called me and asked why I had left.
I informed him of the situation and he told me that he had
no knowledge of the situation. He informed me that I was
a good worker and that he hated to leave me. Since he had
made it clear that he knew about the situation that had
happened to me I told him I would love to come back,
assuming he would solve the problems. He agreed and moved
me to a different work group. The same problems soon
arose. Just yesterday I got wind that my direct
supervisors and the rest of my team were actively trying
to get me fired the day before Christmas Eve. Emotionally
I am a wreck. The stress of having to go to work and hear
things so vile about you is tremendous. I've skipped
meals, had trouble sleeping and am preoccupied by this
situation. I'm contemplating quitting the first working
day after the holidays, provided I'm not fired tomorrow.
My question is what are my legal options or do I even have
any?
The second part of my problem is that I have somewhat
tracked down the source of the rumors. They go back to my
previous job in which I had a difficult client. It seems
either someone at my current job is related to this person
or they have either relayed through that person or have
personally spoken with my co workers. The other scenario
is that she somehow got access to my new job and contacted
them. I was made aware shortly before I left the company
that she was making these claims about me. I was
responsible for that client for a year and a half and only
had contact with her maybe 20 times indirectly so while
annoyed at her claims it didn't affect my job. My
question on this matter is do I have a claim for
defamation of character and if so what do I have to prove
to win a judgment? Thank you for your suggestions.