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NYS Racial Discrim./Wrongful Term. and Severence Questions

Was laid of spring of 2005 (maybe it's too late) from a famous fashion co in

NYC. Depressed, sent back my signed severance agreement 3 wks late. They

never paid me severance nor answered my requests for updates. I'm not a

union member. They didn't contest my NYSDOL insurance request. I was laid

off due to restructuring, no one else did my duties then and was replaced by

part-time. But I feel I was laid off due to racial discrim. against myself and for

not practicing it in hiring models.

1) Should I give up on getting my severance? Waited so long b/c I didn't want

to come across as difficult, didn't expect these results and was embarrassed.

2) Can I do anything to get some kind of payment? I know they are not even

obligated to provide a severance program.

3) Does their non-compliance mean I can share my knowledge of their

business with anyone w/out legal rebuke? Can they say whatever when my

potential new employers contact them?

4) If I feel that I was let go b/c I wouldn't condone their discrimination in their

practice of hiring minorities, is that grounds for racial discrim/wrongful term.

suit? Do lawsuits go on your record acessible to public? True most are not

won for plantiff? Thanks.

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