they asked me if I told the boss why i had resigned, i said no... cause i didnot trust him, either
My reason for recently resigning from my job was do to Harrassment by my coworkers and I believe ... reverse discrimination of my employer/boss.
I had noticed sept. 9 that certain employees had begun to riddicle me, laugh at me, smiling noticibly at me as an appartent rumor had spread amongst some of the employees. I did not and still do not know what it was about. I also noticed a employee walk into my work area and said, "I just heard about Steve". I heard him say this about 35 feet from my desk. Sept. 12th I witness my employer/boss walk up to the main gossiper who he told to "Stop the Rumors". I could not understand why the employer/boss would not discuss this with me. Isn't this reverse discrimination since I was being subjected to a hotile working environment that had me close to tears on many occasions. I left the company with discussing my reaso for doing so. I do know that the person who was the main gossiper and was told to stop the gossiping was a close and longtime friend of the employer/boss. This employee took great joy in spreading the rumor. I suffered a great deal of mental anguish. I faxed in my letter of resignation soon after i also notified the employer/boss via voice mail that I was resigning. Now that I have had the interview with EDD I am awaiting their decision as to if I will get my unemploymen t inssure bemefits.
what do you think? Should I get it.
Thank you
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steve, you gave up too easily. you should demand your job back. you did nothing wrong, and should not be forced out of the company by "rumors".
if the "rumor" concerns your sexual orientation, the conduct around you constituted harassment and should have been stopped in no uncertain terms by your company. if the rumor was defamatory, the company again is liable if it knows about the defamatory conduct and fails to stop it.
you need to find out the source and nature of the rumor. you need to verify whether it is a true statement (which may be actionable as discrimination) or a false statement (which is actionable as slander). you can find an attorney experienced in employment law in your area at the cal employment lawyers assn website, www.celaweb.com. good luck!
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posted by Janet M. Koehn | Oct 21, 2003 7:01 PM [EST]
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