how to collect evidence of discrimination at work?
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my project manager discriminate me at work because of personal preference. I graduated with a master degree and had done similiar work before in the firm. but he excluded me of team meetings and only assign me tedious work such as scan and copy document.
the real reason is he hates the other manager and he thinks I’m the same group with the manager. but economy is bad, there’s not much work in the firm for me to choose.
what kind of evidence is considered evidence to sue him of discrimination? he’s pretty careful about not leaving marks. thanks.
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What the others say is true. This does not appear to be illegal discrimination.
I’m confused. Who’s team are you on? The project manager or the “other” manager? Do you have regular performance reviews? Were they good or bad?
Can you request a meeting with this project manager to discuss team assignments and how you think you are being underutilized? HOWEVER, don’t request the meeting to nit-pick because that will just piss him off even more. Offer your expertise to him. Say something like, “I would like to help out with the [fill in the blank] because I can offer [fill in the blank].” Don’t go into the meeting looking for something to do. Go to the meeting with a list of things you CAN do and offer to do them.
The basis for employment discrimination are based on age, race, sex, gender, religion, or another protected characteristic. Unless you belong to any of those classes, employment discrimination would be hard, if not impossible to prove.
If he is choosing other people over you based off of your race, religion, nationality, sex, age, etc. that is considered discrimination. Any other form is not typically considered discrimination. You more than likely work in an "at-will" state which means your project manner has the ability to choose who he wants and what projects each person does. If you don’t like it I’d suggest searching for a new job as you won’t have recourse in the legal system.
You are basically wasting your time and energy thinking about doing this. You may be just another victim of office politics, you might have an overblown opinion of yourself. "Personal preference" is subjective. If you have not been denied a promotion or been discriminated in pay or work assignment or fired because of your sex, sexual orientation, race, age or religion, etc. you really don’t have any case.
You would be better off using your time and energy looking for another job.