Documenting Employment Discrimination
Saturday, June 3, 2006 | 0
WC Claim filed by the employer?
Then the EE needs to diary his employment agreement with the ER regardless of whether any agreement was set forth in writing, or just a verbal agreement sealed with a handshake, diary experiences supporting the employment agreement, list any witnesses to the employment agreement as well as any witnesses to the discriminatory acts.
Here is a list of information any discrimination employment attorney will need to know:
Prospective Client Questionnaire
Date: __________________ Referred by: ______________________________
I. CLIENT CONTACT INFORMATION
Name: __________________________________________________________
Mailing Address:
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
E-Mail Address (do not list e-mail address provided by employer - only list personal e-mail):
________________________________________________________________________
Home Telephone Number:
________________________________________________________________________
Work Telephone Number:
________________________________________________________________________
May client be contacted at work:
________________________________________________________________________
Cellular Telephone Number:
________________________________________________________________________
Fax Number:
________________________________________________________________________
Other Telephone Numbers:
________________________________________________________________________
II. CONFLICT INFORMATION
Name of Employer:
_______________________________________________________________________
Name of Parent/Subsidiary/Related Corporations:
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Name of Other Potential Defendants:
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
III. BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Date of Birth: ______________________________ Age: _________________
Gender: ___________________________________ Sexual Orientation: _____________
Race:________________________________________________________
Religion: _____________________________________________________
Disability:______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Employer's type of business:
________________________________________________________________________
Employer's number of employees:
________________________________________________________________________
Date of Hire: ___________________ Position held: ______________________
Did you have a written contract of employment (If yes, attach a copy):
________________________________________________________________________
Salary: ________________________ Bonus: ___________________________
Describe your job duties:
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Promotions:
________________________________________________________________________
Raises:
________________________________________________________________________
Did you receive overtime (time and a half) for working more than 8 hours in a day or 40 hours in a week? __________________________________________________________
Did you receive overtime (double time) for working more than 12 hours in a day?
________________________________________________________________________
Did you receive an unpaid half-hour meal period each day (If not, did you receive an hour of pay for missing the meal period)?
________________________________________________________________________
Did you receive a paid ten minute rest period for every four hours worked (If not, did you receive an hour of pay for missing the rest period)?
________________________________________________________________________
Ever made any complaints of discrimination/harassment:
________________________________________________________________________
If yes, provide details:
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ever made any complaints that employer engaged in illegal activity:
________________________________________________________________________
If yes, provide details:
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
CASE INFORMATION (Why do you believe you have been treated wrongfully by your employer?):
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Do you still work for this employer?
________________________________________________________________________
If no, when did your employment end?
________________________________________________________________________
If no, why did your employment end?
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Is there anything else we should know about your case:
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
PLEASE ATTACH COPIES (NOT ORIGINALS) OF ANY DOCUMENTS YOU BELIEVE WE SHOULD REVIEW.
The following short questionaire should further assist the employment discrimination attorney:
Harassment & Discrimination
* Does ER have a policy against age harassment?
* Does ER provide any type of harassment training to its employees?
* Does ER provide any type of discrimination training to its employees?
* Have you ever received any harassment or discrimination training during your employment at ER?
* On how many occasions? For each:
* When?
* Did you have to sign any document to show that you attended the training?
* Who conducted the training?
* Subject matter?
* Did you discuss age/sexual harassment?
* Did the instructor give examples of what kind of conduct would constitute sexual harassment? Age harassment? Sex discrimination? Age discrimination? Anything else?
* Written materials?
* Presentation? Audio or visual?
Memories fade with time, so it is always a good idea for the aggrieved EE to diary everything now, while the information, names, dates, and places are still fresh in the mind of the EE.
Good Luck,
By York McGavin. York can be contacted at ymcgavin@socal.rr.com
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