Legal Question in Employment Law in Michigan
Wage Discrimination
I have been working full-time for a company for about a year and a half, performing very well each day. I recently discovered that everyone in the department is making more than I am, including part-timers, one of which he has just hired in the past two weeks. I approached the manager about the situation and told him it was unfair to pay a part-timer more that me, when I have more of a work load and more responsibility. It took him three weeks before he told me I could not have a raise, based on the fact that my performance had gone down in the past few weeks. I said the raise I was asking for had nothing to do with performance, but was to correct the fact that he was paying part-timers more money to do less work than I was doing. He said all the pay rates are based on performance ONLY. How can he justify how well someone will perform when he just hired them? Now he says he will only give me a raise if I give him a great work performance in two weeks. So he has all the managers watching to see if I make a mistake or slip up. My question is, if I decide to file a suit for discrimination, do I even have a case? I need all the help and advice I can get!!!
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Wage Discrimination
Based upon the information you provided, you don't have a case unless the reason you receive a lower wage is due to discrimination based upon your race, sex, age, or other protected classification.
It is highly unusual (even if you're a union member) that you legitimately came to know that everyone in your department is paid more than you. I would'nt broadcast this information.
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