Question regarding gender discrimination:
A female where I work has been the ‘custodian/maintenance’ person for five years. Her counterpart was an elderly gentleman who could do very little but he had given the employer many years of service so when he returned from a severe illness, the employer just left him to do what he could. The female employee coordinated everything, pulled his weight when needed. She has fixed pipes, toilets, outlets, repaired many things as well as keeping our workplace very clean. It is a public building. They have now hired a young man and have told the female that she will do the cleaning and he will do all the maintenance. Any advice for her? I told her to talk to her supervisor and express her concerns, see how things go and call EEOC if the job tasks are really to be split by traditional gender tasks. Thoughts? She also believes he is being paid more. It is government, so she should be able to ask, correct ? Posting anonymously to protect my position. We are in small town USA.
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Devorah Firestone
She needs to create a presentation with report making clear exactly what she did while the other employee was gone. Then she should make clear why there's no need to separate by gender and why she should be paid at the maintenance level. If they don't act properly about this, then yes, legal maneuvers are the next step, she needs to make her case formally though and have documentation, ANY of it she can find. Give them a chance to do the right thing, spelling out what they're doing wrong. They may prefer to split the jobs with both activities and pay her a bit more than lose a ton in a lawsuit AND look bad.
Anonymous
It sounds like she is being discriminated against. She should file a complaint to protect her position. She sounds like an amazing employee! I wish her the best. She should probably look for a new job with the skills she has.