Lots of folks facing discrimination at work are afraid of reporting it to HR or corporate --- because they're afraid of being retaliated against.
The harsh reality: Companies retaliate all the time. In fact, the typical corporate response to allegations of discrimination or sexual harassment IS to retaliate. That's messed up, but that's the truth.
So, yes, you probably will get retaliated against. BUT: If you don't report the discrimination or harassment, the company WILL DENY that it had any knowledge about the problem.
You have to box the company in and make it impossible for them to deny knowledge of the illegal discrimination or harassment. That means you MUST report to HR -- and preferably (a) to the outright head of HR and (b) to other people who are in the outright corporate leadership (President, CEO, COO, etc).
If you do that and the company fires you or takes a negative action against you (i.e. cuts your hours, reassigns you to a less favorable job, changes your schedule to something less favorable), that is AN ENTIRELY SEPARATE CLAIM called retaliation.
Keep the faith. Keep fighting.
JP
Pollard PLLC
954-332-2380