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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