Legal Question in Discrimination Law in Texas

Retailiation threat for filing complaint

After working for a company 14yrs,the last six as the mgr. of a dept.that excelled in collections,boss decided to put a new CEO in because buis.getting to big for him to cont. to handle all issue's.The problem. He put in the same man he orig.took my dept.from six years ago when he promoted me to the position of mgr.This man has been involved all along in building other sites but was not involved with my dept. because he obviously did'nt know what he was doing. At the time this man threw every stumbling block in front of me possible.He told other colleages that I would fail it would just be a matter of time before he was given it back, even had running bets. Long story short after being told he would'nt get dept back, last month he was put in as CEO. Now of course he's over me. During meetings my supervisor and I would basically not be allowed to speak, they would change ? move on ect. We were told we're to emotional, not to argue (even though we were'nt) and to just be cooperative. Sev.other probs to so we filed complaint of gender discrim. uneq.pay,hostile work envir.Human resource informed CEO he stated whoever filed complaint would be fired if invest.found no proof.How are threats of handled? Man made more $ than me in same pos


Asked on 9/17/04, 10:55 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys
Scott Mason The Legal Resource Center

Re: Retailiation threat for filing complaint

I recommend you read Your Rights In The Workplace by Nolo Press which can be

found here:

http://www.affordablelegalsolutions.com/Employment_law.htm (cut and paste

in your browser)

It contains valuable information on what your rights are and what you need to prove in a discrimination claim and

also applicable time frames for filing your claim. It's the most user

friendly book I've found targeted for the general public and can be of great

assistance if you decide to pursue this matter.

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Answered on 9/20/04, 2:06 pm
Mark S. Moroknek Kelly & Curtis, PLLC.

Re: Retailiation threat for filing complaint

Retaliatory firing threats are generally frowned upon. That is NY and Federal law. I don't practice in Texas. Your short spelling abbreviations also make this difficult to understand. However, if you already filed a discrimination complaint with a state or federal agency then let them know about this additional threat.

If in fact the investigation fails to support your claim that doesn't mean there is no discrimination, just that the agency didn't find it. A threat of firing for a complaint of discrimination is essentially just additional discrimination.

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Answered on 9/20/04, 4:31 pm


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