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Unfair Treatment In The Workplace. What legal action can I take?
This is my first post on here but as the title states, I am at a job I feel treats myself and other racialized employees unfairly. Is there any legal action I can take against them?
I am basing this off multiple situations, one where multiple people were sent on break while 3 other racialized employees and I had worked between 11.5-13 hours and not gotten a single chance to sit or eat. This happens on a consistent if not daily basis. It feels rather exploitative that we are the only people scheduled long hours alongside inadequate breaks. When I voiced this complaint I was told that they don’t do 8 hour shifts despite them sending non-POC employees home after 8 hours or less. We also use a machine to cut potatoes that spins and cuts rather fast and aggressively yet no one was given a proper training course on safety or any other aspects of the workplace. Our first pay is delayed a month and that coupled with the fact that I have not received an offer letter or anything confirming my rate of pay even when I asked management makes it seem sketchy. When I told them my view on this in an email, they spoke with me the next day and told us that we could have one free meal a day and I got one 15 minute break for an 11 hour shift.
Is there anything that I can do through a union, court or something of the sort to remedy this or get compensation? Any advice is appreciated.
I am basing this off multiple situations, one where multiple people were sent on break while 3 other racialized employees and I had worked between 11.5-13 hours and not gotten a single chance to sit or eat. This happens on a consistent if not daily basis. It feels rather exploitative that we are the only people scheduled long hours alongside inadequate breaks. When I voiced this complaint I was told that they don’t do 8 hour shifts despite them sending non-POC employees home after 8 hours or less. We also use a machine to cut potatoes that spins and cuts rather fast and aggressively yet no one was given a proper training course on safety or any other aspects of the workplace. Our first pay is delayed a month and that coupled with the fact that I have not received an offer letter or anything confirming my rate of pay even when I asked management makes it seem sketchy. When I told them my view on this in an email, they spoke with me the next day and told us that we could have one free meal a day and I got one 15 minute break for an 11 hour shift.
Is there anything that I can do through a union, court or something of the sort to remedy this or get compensation? Any advice is appreciated.
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