I believe I was a victim of employment discrimination from Cold Spring Harbor Labs, what should I do?

I am in New York State. Besides "get a lawyer," what government agencies to complain to? Is it better to first complain to an agency before I file a complaint? What else can I do?

A month after Cold Spring Harbor did this to me, the head of the lab Dr. Watson made statements that "blacks are genetically inferior and don't hire them" Its completely unbelievable that there are people like this today!!

It is very difficult to prove discrimination in an individual case, especially in hiring, because employers are choosing among many applicants, and may have picked one over another for a variety of reasons. This is why most successful discrimination law suit are based on a statistical pattern of discrimination for a large number of cases. You can talk to a lawyer to see if you have a case or at least you should file a complaint, but you are unlikely to get satisfaction unless you are one of many. By filing a complaint you may not help yourself but it may improve things for future black applicants.

Claims in the state of New York can be filed with one of two agencies: the state agency, the New York Division of Human Rights (DHR), or the federal agency, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). These agencies will work together to resolve you claim as long as you file in one agency and request that your claim be cross-filed with the other.

The state probably has an EEOC department ( equal opportunity employment).

You should talk to the unemployment office while you are signing up for unemployment. They may have someone in office that can help you.

better business bureau dot com or bbb.com ....

thats your best bet

You need to be careful. Sometimes, if you file a complaint with the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) of your state - you then automatically give up your right to file a lawsuit. Consult with an employment lawyer and find out your best route. Do it quickly, because you have a very limited time to file a complaint.

go and complain to your local agency to get them to help you. You have worker's rights so you need to exercise them and not only that you don't need them to walk all over you. Stand up for your rights man.

well,if you can..buy a microtape or ic chip tape recorder(tehre like $29-39 at walmart)..and basically go "cia" on them..get people that know,or mangers etc on tape" saying things..remember is not a court of law nor or u a cop..soo basic ly,if a judge etcsomone higher up..heard on tape um "negative comments"..well is like a picture woth a 1000 words.even better get a wireless camera n reciver they run around $75 fits in a cigarete pack..but basically makea trap for them,so you can prove things..good lucks from myrtle beach~

I'm not sure if you have such a thing in the U-S but if you do, go to your ombudsman. That's what they're there for. Should be in the government pages in the phone book.

This will be difficult to prove. If they didn't hire you, they can say you weren't qualified. (Does this have anything to do with James Watson, btw? He was an SOB long before his recent racist remarks.)

Omit this last work of your curriculum, explain tht you were working out of your country in the same time or first investigate what opinion are they giving to the other companies about you.