Legal Question in Employment Law in Virginia

Being Set Up

I am a manager of a retail store. I am 55 yrs old an have been with this company for 14 yrs. What can i do if i feel as if i am being forced to quit? After 14 yrs they say i am not following company policie. I hired a younger girl to be my asst. a few months back.Now my D.M.an lost pervention

have been all over me. Not major things but small issues.

Yet every store in this district does just what i am doing.

I feel as tho i am being singled out. This new girl called

corp. on theses issues.


Asked on 1/25/04, 2:20 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Re: Being Set Up

You may very well be a victim of subtle age discrimination in your employment which, if true,

would be a violation of federal law(Age Discrimination in Employment Act) and a basis for you to bring suit in federal court against your employer.

However, to succeed in this type of lawsuit, it

is vitally important to have detailed and credible documentation. Therefore, you should be documenting on a day to day basis each event, no matter how small, which you believe may indicate this discrimination againsy you on the part of the company and/or its agents and employees. And you should, also, to the extent possible, recollect and chronologically summarize in writing all the past events which you believe may tend to prove any bias against you in your employment which could reasonably be interpreted to be based upon your age.

And, if this course of conduct on the part of your employer continues or in fact worsens, you may well want to retain an attorney who is knowledgeable in labor and employment law issues.

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Answered on 1/25/04, 7:23 pm


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