I have been an apartment property manager for the past year and a half. About 3 months ago, Our Property owner's son took over all the decision making, but the father is still in charge of the company. About 2 months ago, I married a man from England, and at the moment, he is unable to work till he recieves his work visa (we are in the process of filing the I-130 form). Which makes me the sole supporter of he and I and my 2 children. I also find out that this son that has recently taken over, was a former lawyer, as well as a priest (wont say of which religion). I'll admit, I do not go to church, or believe in god for that matter, and I was into the gothic lifestyle as a teen and early adulthood, so I do wear black quite often (was also used to that while working in the funeral business for 12 yrs). This past week, I was fired without notice, the reason given to me was, "it's nothing personal against you, we are just making some changes." By the way, I had revealed I was pregnant a month prior, making me about 2 months pregnant. So, Am I being discriminated against for Religion, National Origin of my spouse, or Pregnancy Discrimination? I feel its all 3, since I've never once been written up at work for anything, Another property manager was told just 2 weeks ago how she and I were the best managers and they didnt want to lose either one of us, I still had sick time built up since I rarely use sick days. I'm at a total loss on what to do. Not only have I lost my job, i've lost my apartment as well (they give you 72 hours to move off property if employment is terminated), I cannot find another place to live since I don't have a job, and its hard to get hired when your almost 4 months pregnant. As I said, my husband can't work until he gets his work permit. The unemployment compensation i'm waiting to see if I get, will hardly support a family of 4. I can prove this company discriminates, because I had (8) 3 bedroom apartments at my property, and the only resident in a 3 bedroom apt. which is a black lady, is paying $10.00 more a month than any other resident of a 3 bedroom. This is so not fair. What advice can you give me? I plan on contacting the EEOC here in Louisiana.

Sincerely Sad,

Staci

How many employees work in this property mangement business?

Sorry to hear about the difficult situation.

One piece of advice that I do have is as follows:

Stay put in your apartment. He'll have to go through eviction proceedings and depending on how quick your local courts are that could take as long as 3 months, though 3 weeks is more common. This will buy you some time.

They own at least 16 properties, there are well over 20 employees for the entire company. When I would go to eviction court, the evictee usually never had more than 2 weeks.

The landlord would have to go through the entire eviction process. I don't know the details in your area, but in most areas there would be a minimum of three weeks between the time the landlord decided to evict and the time the order to vacate became effective. I have been watching a housing court trial that has gone on for 6 months in NYC, while the tenant continues to reside in the unit w/out paying rent.

Since there are more than 15 employees, the employer is subject to all federal discrimination laws and whatever similar laws your State has.

There's not enough information to say for certain whether you have been discriminated against because of your religion, pregnancy, and/or your spouse's national origin but you certainly are free to file a complaint of prohibited discrimination with your State's equal rights division or the federal EEOC.

When I would file eviction, first, I would give them a 5 day notice to vacate on the 6th day of the month (rent being due by the 5th) when that time was up, I would then file the paperwork with the city court, then the courtdate would be between a week to two weeks later. The day of court, the judge then rules eviction. In a small town, its pretty quick, unfortunatley for some.
Thanks for all your advice, to all who have replied.