new mexico 76
06-21-2005, 08:07 PM
A friend of mine has been recieving phone calls for the last couple of years from one the managers of the company that she works for. She has repeatly asked him to stop calling her yet he continues to do so. He calls her at home and on her cell phone repeatly and blocks his number from view. Because he is her boss he calls her extention number at work and calls her at home on her day off and when he is at work. She has gone to the regional manager in which a investigation was done, yet because he had lied and they believed him nothing was done about the sitituation. He uses the excuse that he is her boss to call her on her extentsion with no real reason for it but to try to talk to her. The store director has some knowledge to this yet has failed to do anything about this. Any male employee that this manager thinks is being to friendly too her or feels threaten in any way by them, is then subject to his own way of messing with that individual, which would include messing with that particular persons schedule. This needs to stop yet she believes that because it was investigated and nothing was done she just lets it continue. What can be done to end this harrassment.
LConnell
06-21-2005, 08:39 PM
This is what she should do:
1) She should write a letter to her employer, sending it via fax (so that she has a copy of the fax receipt) and by certified mail, return receipt (through the USPS) so that she has proof of its receipt.
2) In the letter, she should restate all of the events of harassment and what she has done to turn them away.
3) She should express her concern about the harassment and the potential retaliation. Make sure that she says that she is asking for help
4) Chances are very good that this letter will catch her employer's attention. If it gets them to take stronger action against this person and to monitor this person, then the problem is resolved.
5) If they don't, then she send another letter, saying that she asked for help and they did not resolve the matter satisfactorily.
6) If the matter is still unresolved, she should file a complaint with the state (if your state has an agency that aids discrimination victims) or with the EEOC (www.eeoc.gov (http://www.eeoc.gov))
7) She should take the letters, proof of receipt, the responses they provided, as many dates/times, etc. that she can remeber, any witness statements that she can get and names of potential witnesses that did not provide statements.
Good luck and let us know how it comes out.