How can I determine if the way I'm treated by my boss is considerred dicrimination?
I have been employed at a restaurant for almost 13 years. My employer and his family, who also help to run the business, speak to me disrespectfully in front of other employees and customers, but I have noticed that they do not to the other employees. I'm white, and all of the rest, except for one other gal, are hispanic. I have always observed that my hispanic coworkers are consistantly treated more fairly than myself and other past white employees who have eventually quit because of the sometimes abusive treatmentby the boss and management. Our business has slowed down considerably and ,my hours cut severely (aprox.14hours per month). I also am bypassed often when they seat customers. The hispanic servers will be running around franticly, while I might get seated one or two tables IF I'm lucky. The other white server is the only other one whose hours have been slimmed down. By the way the owners are Greek. I also have the most seniority.
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Well, from the way you describe it it certainly sounds, at least at first blush, to be racial discrimination.
Depending on where you live, your state may have a commission against discrimination (or similar) which will look into the matter for you. Otherwise, you might need to retain a lawyer and sue in civil court.
However, racial and other discrimination cases are notoriously difficult to prove, no matter what color you are (they owners could say that your hours were cut for some other reason, etc.). You have to ask yourself, is it really worth the trouble?
Get yourself another job and to heck with the buggers. Besides, is a restaurant job really the job you want to retire from? Where is the insurance? Where are the retirement benefits? Get yourself a good solid job in another establishment, preferably one that is unionized, and secure your future.
Contact the EEOC of the US government or the attorney general of your state for assistance.
youve been there 13 yrs..by now, its just become bad habits. Discrim. seems would be hard to prove..
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