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  1. #1
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    Default New Business Owners Don't Treat Employees Equally or Fairly

    My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: Las Vegas.

    I work for a small family owned burger joint which recently went under new ownership. These new owners have never owner a business before and it's abundantly clear that they have no clue what they're doing. Out of the 5 employees we have they treat me like a saint because I simply work the front end and take orders/serve. They aren't from America so they have trouble talking to people and I think that's why they look up to me so much for running the front end, however I work with two of my best friends whom are back in the kitchen everyday. My boss has told my coworker to "shut up. Stop talking, you're annoying and you give me a headache."

    She had talked to him before about her financial crisis and she needed either more hours or more money and they said they were going to help her out but then cut her 3 hours short without discussing it with her. As for my other coworker who expedites the food, he constantly gets screamed at for things that the boss should be taking care of. I just feel they aren't being treated fairly, my coworker had noticed his hours on his paycheck are a little shorter than what he actually worked but seeing as how we don't have a computerized time stamp (it's all written by hand on a chart as we come and go) there's no way to prove they're ve been shorting him unless someone requests to look at all the time sheets.

    Oh, and my boss doesn't wear gloves. I have told him several times that if he works with food especially cooking on the grill that he needs to wear gloves and he does not listen. We've gotten a list of violations from our leasing company and one of them was for not wearing gloves and he still continues to cool without them. It's disgusting. My coworker who just quit/was let go is now missing her speaker that she left in the kitchen. None of our employees/her friends would steal it, the only explanation is that the owners took it and hid it since they knew it was hers. We searched everywhere in the restaurant and could not find and it's not like it got up and ran away. We do have security cameras and I was wondering if all these incidents are important enough for me to request looking at all the camera footage to see who took the speaker and to also prove that my boss cooks without gloves.

    Oh AND their 9 year old child and 78 year old grandpa is there EVERY DAY in the kitchen either helping out or just sitting there but often times the child will help take food out but that's totally illegal because he doesn't have a health card in order to handle and serve food. It's a hazard. The whole family is really fake and change a lot of things without telling all the employees. What can I do about this?

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    Default Re: Discriminating New Owners

    There is no obligation that employers treat everybody equally. As long as they aren't discriminating against people based on race or nationality or one of the other protected reasons, they're free to play favorites.

    Frankly, you do not appear to be the affected party in any of this so you have no claim to demand anything. You can certainly complain to the health department if the food safety rules are being violated. Your coworker can file a complaint with the state over the labor department with either Nevada or the Feds.

    The rest of your complaints are of the "you don't own the place so keep your mouth shut."

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    Default Re: Discriminating New Owners

    If there are only 5 employees, the business doesn't fall under many of the regular federal employment laws that protect employees(like Title VII of the CRA that protects one from discrimination due to race, religion, sex, etc). It's also not illegal for the boss/owner to be a jerk. I checked Nevada state employment nondiscrimination laws and they also require 15 employees to be covered under the state version of Title VII.

    Your best bet like Ron said is to file a complaint with the health department.

    Your friend's speaker missing, while terrible, should show you that you shouldn't bring personal items to the workplace. There is no law that requires the owners to show you the video of anything. Your friend could file a police report for theft, but I suspect the police have much bigger issues to deal with. They aren't going to get a court order to demand to see video tape over a speaker that was placed/left on their property.

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    Default Re: Discriminating New Owners

    Actually, the Nevada employment law bars discrimination to all employers within the state other than non-profits and certain religious organizations. The number of employees doesn't matter. Still, I'm not seeing any description of actually illegal discrimination.

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    Default Re: Discriminating New Owners

    Quote Quoting flyingron
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    Actually, the Nevada employment law bars discrimination to all employers within the state other than non-profits and certain religious organizations. The number of employees doesn't matter. Still, I'm not seeing any description of actually illegal discrimination.
    I agree. I am seeing a description of a REALLY bad boss, but not of illegal discrimination. Maybe all of the employees who are being treated badly should just quit.

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