Legal Question in Employment Law in California

I work for a major retail store and recently discovered that a department manager gave everyone in his department (5 associates) raises just days before he transferred to another store (to my knowledge he asked to step down from management to become a sales associate at a store closer to his home for personal reasons). The associates work in that department but we all help in every department. I have asked for a raise a couple of times in the last month and I was told by the store manager that he is still waiting for approval from the district manager. This smells of favoritism and discrimination. Do I have any legal rights here? Is there anything I can do?


Asked on 9/23/14, 12:21 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Terry A. Nelson Nelson & Lawless

Favoritism and politics is NOT illegal, but a mere fact of life and business. Giving "everyone" a raise, and not you, would not be 'discrimination' unless you also worked in that department under that manager, and can prove you are in a protected class or race, age, sex, religion, disability, etc., and they weren't. You'd have to prove that you were being singled out for 'discriminatory' reasons as the 'motive' for the treatment. If you can, then feel free to contact me to discuss the provable facts and your rights and remedies.

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Answered on 9/23/14, 9:24 am


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