Can I sue my employer for discrimination if this year they didn’t give me a christmas bonus or let me take my husband to our x-mas dinner when for the past two years I got a x-mas bonus and took my husband with me to our x-mas dinner
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Can I sue my employer for discrimination if this year they didn’t give me a christmas bonus or let me take my husband to our x-mas dinner when for the past two years I got a x-mas bonus and took my husband with me to our x-mas dinner
This year I didn’t got a X-mas bonus nor was able to take my husband with me to
x-mas dinner some of my co-workers did got bonuses and where told to be discret
about it because suppostly not the new people wern’t going to get any but a
couple of new girls got bonuses plus one of this girl took her boyfriend with her
to the x-mas dinner. I ask my boss wife if my husband could go with me even if
we pay for his dinner she stated we ask for a vote and the majority decided that
only employees but I know for a fact it was not true cause they never ask me
about it, and on top of that I ask her why is Lucio taking his wife with him and
she stated cause she is very involved with us….I think that is just favoritism
and discrimination….I been working for this doctor’s office for 3 years and the
past 2 years I did got a bonus.
Asked on December 27, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Arizona
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
The fact is that favoritism in the workplace is not illegal so long as it does not constitue some form of legally actionable discrimination. That is, as long as it does not cause lesser treatment of co-workers due to their race, religion, nationality, gender, age, disability, etc. Further, such treatment must not violate the terms of an employment contract or union agreement. Otherwise, an employer can set the conditions of the workplace much as it sees fit.
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