What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? AZ
I work for a smaller but growing company. I have seen so many things that would make your head spin and hopefully a great case for me and fellow coworkers against them. I recently went out on maternity leave and was told that they would probably allow me to work from home to have some type of income while out. I had no other source of income. They absolutely refused for me to work from home however have now allowed 2 other coworkers to do the EXACT or very similar work from home on their maternity leave. I also found MY personal file in an open ,unlocked and unsecured file cabinet that any employee would have access to. I had to ask several times before removing it myself. Since we have a new person the crap gets worse. She will make comments to me such as " I know you're a single mom but I am so glad that you are not on welfare". She has also told me and another co worker she didn't like a supervisor and would demote him however still hasn't but talks about each of us to the others. Things they tell us we are not allowed to do she now has her daughter doing. We feel it very wrong for a parent or any family member to "supervise" another family member especially only when that family memeber can do all these things the rest of us in the same department are told we are not. I feel they have discriminated against me and make it a totally hostile work enviornment. I was also accused of something when I had 2 other people to prove my innocense I was threatened with " I had better not find out you spoke with either of those individuals" and was also financially penalized due to that. Any suggestions, or ideas?
I work for a smaller but growing company. I have seen so many things that would make your head spin and hopefully a great case for me and fellow coworkers against them. I recently went out on maternity leave and was told that they would probably allow me to work from home to have some type of income while out. I had no other source of income. They absolutely refused for me to work from home however have now allowed 2 other coworkers to do the EXACT or very similar work from home on their maternity leave. I also found MY personal file in an open ,unlocked and unsecured file cabinet that any employee would have access to. I had to ask several times before removing it myself. Since we have a new person the crap gets worse. She will make comments to me such as " I know you're a single mom but I am so glad that you are not on welfare". She has also told me and another co worker she didn't like a supervisor and would demote him however still hasn't but talks about each of us to the others. Things they tell us we are not allowed to do she now has her daughter doing. We feel it very wrong for a parent or any family member to "supervise" another family member especially only when that family memeber can do all these things the rest of us in the same department are told we are not. I feel they have discriminated against me and make it a totally hostile work enviornment. I was also accused of something when I had 2 other people to prove my innocense I was threatened with " I had better not find out you spoke with either of those individuals" and was also financially penalized due to that. Any suggestions, or ideas?