Legal Question in Sexual Harassment in California
huge employer breaking all rules. direct evidence
i have a fact finding meeting with eeoc (i have alot of facts)with title vii sexual harrassment, failure to promote,hostile work environment,retliation issues and it looks to me they have treated me almost to a tee the way the title vii harassment by supervisor with the vicarious employer rules,even with direct evidence iam still having problems finding representation,and should i be represented at this fact fact finding meeting? part 2 after filing a claim of harassment all the red flags of workers comp fraud now have surfaced 1 reduce costs by underreporting payroll (iam a union foreman and my hours were charged to management 2 placing employee in inproper job classifications i have been doing supervisor work for many years as union employee 3 company provided a improper bussiness address 4 misrepresenting companies loss history 5 sat on my claim 6 have caused me to lose house and suffer severe financial hardship 7 have put my 19 years of pension in jeopardy 8 defamed my character 9 inappropriatly denied my claim. 10 would not authorize medical treatment iam currently represented on comp case but iam very disappointed by lawyers representation and iam seeking a more aggressive investigated approach please help
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: huge employer breaking all rules. direct evidence
Dear Claimant:
1. Never go to a gun fight armed only with a knife!
2. You can exit the EEOC and or DFEH process at any time and have the governmental agency provide to you a "will sue" letter which is a REQUIREMENT to go civil and bring an action against the employer in the proper Court.
3. Title 7 cases, if they are "good ones" are valuable.
4. Discrimination vs. harassment is another issue that would have to be investigated.
5. Employment discrimination cases are expensive to prosecute and need to be very carefully evaluated.
6. The Union issue is another area that needs to be explored. Have you exhausted all of your in house or in Union administrative remedies? If not, then you may not be procedurally ready to go into Court.
Basically, need a great deal more info to completely and adequately provide opinions. I am willing to speak with you directly via telephone. You mayu email me directly at [email protected]
Sincerely,
Mark Geyer