Anyone familiar with the EEOC' harassment complaint process? (interviewed, work, claim)
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I filed a sexual harassment claim with the EEOC 3 months ago and they decided to forward it to their enforcement bureau. I have some questions regarding the process.
1- I received a letter today from the investigator, along with my ex-employer's response to the complaint. In the letter the investigator is asking me to provide a written response to employer's. I have already given them everything I had in the beginning of the case (my written statement, email copies, basically everything I had that was in relation with this claim...).
The Investigator is still asking me to provide my written response along with any supporting documents I may have. Is this the normal process?
2- I'm thinking about talking to a lawyer because in their response, they say that after receiving the first letter from the EEOC couple of months ago, they went back a did another investigation and interviewed my ex-manager (who is denying ever asking me out) and all the female-coworkers I worked with all denying him asking me out or witnessing anything though, they did witness everything.
3- I read their response and they may have a couple arguments in their favor. They are also saying that I did not follow their policy which was to contact a manager or HR when the incidents occur. I requested a transfer to another branch and I was put in contact with the District Manager who told me to write a statement and that I was going to be contacted by HR. I was never contacted and I had to quit because I couldn't stand the hostile environment. Before quitting, I emailed the DM asking if he could help speed up my transfer because of the difficult work environment at the time but he never replied. So, basically they are saying I didn't follow proper procedure because I didn't contact HR directly ( I didn't because I was scared of the repercussions) but I thought the DM was sort of part of HR. So could this argument lead the EEOC to cancel the claim?
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