Lykwid Spyce
07-30-2008, 07:38 PM
It's a long story, but I'll make it as short as I can.
So I work for a Frontline Care company in the shipping company. I work exclusively with 8 other people, but there are a lot of people that come down to ship product. I've only been a hired employee for about a year and a half. I'm the employee in my department with the shortest amount of time working here.
I have nothing against homosexuals whatsoever. The only guy in my department on my shift is gay. We used to always get along, but I've never liked him because of his immaturity. He's 47-48 and acts like he's 12. Everybody else in my department feels the same way I do about him.
Recently he was calling me names and I told him to stop. It stopped for about 1 day and he continued. I don't get mad when people call me names, but he was calling me a name that made me feel like he felt threatened by my knowledge of the business since he's been doing it a lot longer. When he didn't stop calling me the name, I went to my boss and complained. We had a group meeting about respecting our co-workers. I thought everything was fine, but they next day he said he would get me back for going to our boss. Since I took that as a threat of retaliation, and our work has a zero tolerance policy about retaliation, I went to HR.
They've interviewed everyone in our are and it's been a few weeks now, and no resolution so far. I don't know if they've drooped it or not. Within the last 3-4 months we've had all new people in HR. With the old HR reps, he was on probation. Since the new HR people have been here, there have been many formal complaints about this guy for inappropriate comments to going into drivers cabs when he shouldn't be.
I want to look for a new job, but can't because my wife and I only have one car and work together. I live about 20 miles from the metropolitan area and the bus isn't very feasable.
Should I complain to our corporate HR or would I be able to file a Class Action Lawsuit against the company with my other co-workers since them not firing him is creating an unnecissarily stressfull work environment? I don't know the ins & outs of CAL so I came here for some advice.
Thanks
edit: I forgot to mention that our work seems to play favortism with minorities. If a minority looks at porn at work, they get warned and nothing happens. A white person looks at porn, they get fired.
My co-workers and I beleive that he hasn't been fired yet because they're afraid of a wrongfull termination/discrimination lawsuit.
So I work for a Frontline Care company in the shipping company. I work exclusively with 8 other people, but there are a lot of people that come down to ship product. I've only been a hired employee for about a year and a half. I'm the employee in my department with the shortest amount of time working here.
I have nothing against homosexuals whatsoever. The only guy in my department on my shift is gay. We used to always get along, but I've never liked him because of his immaturity. He's 47-48 and acts like he's 12. Everybody else in my department feels the same way I do about him.
Recently he was calling me names and I told him to stop. It stopped for about 1 day and he continued. I don't get mad when people call me names, but he was calling me a name that made me feel like he felt threatened by my knowledge of the business since he's been doing it a lot longer. When he didn't stop calling me the name, I went to my boss and complained. We had a group meeting about respecting our co-workers. I thought everything was fine, but they next day he said he would get me back for going to our boss. Since I took that as a threat of retaliation, and our work has a zero tolerance policy about retaliation, I went to HR.
They've interviewed everyone in our are and it's been a few weeks now, and no resolution so far. I don't know if they've drooped it or not. Within the last 3-4 months we've had all new people in HR. With the old HR reps, he was on probation. Since the new HR people have been here, there have been many formal complaints about this guy for inappropriate comments to going into drivers cabs when he shouldn't be.
I want to look for a new job, but can't because my wife and I only have one car and work together. I live about 20 miles from the metropolitan area and the bus isn't very feasable.
Should I complain to our corporate HR or would I be able to file a Class Action Lawsuit against the company with my other co-workers since them not firing him is creating an unnecissarily stressfull work environment? I don't know the ins & outs of CAL so I came here for some advice.
Thanks
edit: I forgot to mention that our work seems to play favortism with minorities. If a minority looks at porn at work, they get warned and nothing happens. A white person looks at porn, they get fired.
My co-workers and I beleive that he hasn't been fired yet because they're afraid of a wrongfull termination/discrimination lawsuit.