Sunday, August 7, 2011
EEOC //WRONGFUL TERMINATION?
On Oct 15th 2009 I was fired from a rent to own company called Rent 1st in LV NV. Prior to being fired we were under new management, they were racist against both women and African Americans. They made several comments stating this job was best suited for Caucasians and Hispanics, they demoted me but continued to have me perform my job duties as a Sales Manager but paid me as a representative. They refused to give any promotions to me as they stated I was not ready, however I was the top sales associate in the nation. They only hired Hispanics, released others from employment based on their age and race. We have applications from potential candidates in which the manager wrote "older black male" or "young white guy". I knew I was in trouble as they constantly looked for reasons to reprimand me so prior to being terminated I filed a suit with EEOC . 3 weeks after filing I was terminated. As a Sales rep my duties are to gain revenue, in order to do so I had to be at the store but they constantly had me out doing deliveries and then would reprimand me for not meeting my daily quota! It was a setup!! One day they sent me out to a service call, they asked me to drive a vehicle which was unregistered and uninsured. In the state of Nevada if I was pulled over I would be held responsible. I declined and gave them my reasoning as I did not feel comfortable driving that vehicle. They sent me home and told me not to come back. When I went to file unemployment they tried to fight it saying I was fired for insubordination but I had all records from DMV indicating the trucks were not current on registration and had lapsed insurance. I won but its been almost 2 years since filing with EEOC and still nothing. In fact I haven't heard from the gentleman who took my case in almost 9 months. He said I had a strong case and no news was good news but Geez .... Im income less , no return calls, no idea what's going on. In fact I never received a letter from EEOC. What do I do? Do I wait?
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