your rights?? Your rights in the workplace? I interviewed a girl today for a housekeeping position that worked at another hotel before. She put on her application that she left there because she was pregnant. Upon questioning her, she innocently told me that her old boss told her to quit because she was a liability and afterall, how bad would she feel if she hurt her baby just for a job?
Now of course, I only have her side of the story. However, so many times I have come across so many people that really do not know what their rights are in the workplace.

could it be possible that this interviewee could be a little slow so to speak?

Yeah...MBA in HR.

HOWEVER...I'm currently 'enjoying' sneaky, underhanded, insidious retalitation from a 'good old boys' network after rejecting an inappropriate advance from one of their members earlier in the year.

Sometimes the law is tricky...although in the case you mentioned, not so. People really DO need to review the law, though! Protect yourself!

AND DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT!!! THAT is the only way you can prove anything/make a case...

No, she's not "slow" at all. She's just kind of a pushover and just doesn't know her rights.

and even if she was "slow" doesn't mean she's less deserving of a job or her rights.

it wouldnt surprise me

OOOHHH I know... document. If you didn't document it, it didn't happen.

I believe there are a good many things in this world people do not know, that they probably should...many of them will never know until they are told

depends on what state your in

the thing is, that most of the rights, and laws are common sense, but noone really wants to push the issue.

And even with that...there are stipulations. For example...I had to say "no" and make it very clear that the inappropriate advance was not welcome (pulled me close and kissed me on the cheek in front of two other guys who thought it was SO funny...and trust me...in this case, it is not even a compliment! GROSS GUY!) That's not a case...it's just the basis for a case if I can document enough other stuff. The unfortunate part is that you also can't be too thin-skinned either...it's a delicate balance.

rlynne- I agree with you to a point. But at what point do we take it upon ourselves to protect ourselves?
I mean I don't expect you to know the law unless you're a lawyer. But maybe try and educate yourself enough to protect yourself. There's people I come across that still get paid less than min wage because they simply didn't know what the min wage was.

I need a job, I'll take it!!!

you can come clean rooms for me anytime you'd be the cutest housekeeper

Does he get to wear the French maid's outfit???

then take it upon yourself to protect you and inform others who seem to be lacking said knowledge...sometimes the greatest aid for humanity is the passing of knowledge

Sorry it just pisses me off when pregnant women get forced to leave their jobs. I got laid off when I was pregnant, the store I was working at closed. There was nothing I could do about that. But OMG finding a job was HELL. Of course you can't legally not hire someone because they're pregnant, I know thats why I couldn't find a job.

Thank you Jill

hence my post but I do try and educate people on it whenever I can. I have volunteered at schools to teach kids how to properly apply for jobs. What the interviewers can and can't ask them, where to look up info, that kind of thing.

if you simply do not know it exists, you can't take it upon yourself....somebody has to inform you