I was expecting more transparency concerning the scope of an employer's, employer's lawyer's, employee's lawyer's, NYSDHR's, and/or EEOC's investigation. I think each and everyone should have to show her/ his/ their work. Or, each and every case should start at a Hearing. I provided a tremendous amount of information to James D. Hartt. I found out only with the determination letter that Weingarten Rights were "beyond the purview of the NYS Division of Human Rights". I had asked James D. Hartt if EEOC was more appropriate for my case, being Federal, because of the students existing as integral to my workplace/ workspace in the District (whether employment law differentiates the nature of the business yet or not). I had thought James D. Hartt was legally advising NYSDHR because it best suited my case. I also thought, as a lawyer, James D. Hartt knew best when he suggested a focus of perceived sexual orientation with the initial free consultation for wrongful termination. (I'm a never- married, childless woman over 40). I faced adverse reaction to concerns I expressed including co- worker substance abuse, lacking teacher certifications, and needed inclusion qualifications. I learned via open payroll after determination that the pay gap between similarly qualified/ educated coworkers was, in my case, no less than 50K a year. Whether or not this information should have been part of the record or whomever's investigation, James D. Hartt would have known, as evident in the losing case law he applied to my rebuttal to the District trying to drop my case, that he would have to fight the precedent of "similarly situated" as something employers can weaponize to dismiss probable cause for discrimination through demotion or promotion in onboarding justified by employee association guidelines presented to certain employees as if the guidelines were equally put in practice for each and every employee in the business. No client should be re- traumatised by paying for a repeat of a power dynamic that the client was already most vulnerable to and should've been protected from. Agreed?
I posted meaningfully on another review site but my "voice" keeps getting disappeared by excuses for Civil and Human Rights law failures. read more