lately there's an extra effort to single me out in front of entire serving staff and dining room filled with customers. The latest incident was he held a servers meeting without my knowledge on my off day to ask the other girls if I do my work and instructed everyone not to speak to me when I did return to work (the other workers came to me to make me aware of what happened) . Today he asked me to sit in a crowded dining room of customers as he threw tickets at me, screamed accusations of me not completing daily tasks, I asked specifically what did i not do or what to improve or do better on and did not receive a response.Then I'm told I am the only employee that must now clock out at specified times (no other employees take breaks and I've never been asked to take one before now). Idk why I'm being singled out (I am the only person with a biracial family....but how to know if this is why??) what do I do.......
Proabably not much you can do. Harassment in Tennessee is unlawful only if it is directed toward you due to a protected class inlcuding race, color, sex, national origin, religion, disability or age 40 or older. So, if it happened to you because you are biracial (and not for some other reason not related to those protected classes, then you may have a claim if there are some other criteria met. However, in general, employers in Tennessee can treat their employees terribly.
Consumers can use this platform to pose legal questions to real lawyers and receive free insights.
Participating legal professionals get the opportunity to speak directly with people who may need their services, as well as enhance their standing in the Lawyers.com community.