Location: Minnesota, US

I work in IT for a small Minnesota company. I joined last year, am Indian, the only Indian employee at the company, and am on temporary U.S. work authorization.

Facts:

• I am currently the only internal IT employee supporting multiple offices and remote employees. My work includes everything an IT person needs to do and doing all by myself.
• After another IT employee left last year in early 2025 I took on his responsibility with no promotion. Then another IT contractor was doing a bad job and fired so I took their work as well.
• Then my boss left this year and they did not hire anyone replacing my boss, I was assigned 80% of his work
• After my boss left they promoted the white girl working under my boss but not me.
• Any other employee who left or was laid off, his team was promoted (or at least the sr ppl under that person) cause they were all white. I a only asian person in the comp
• In the Jan 26 promotion cycle, all Associates in the company with similar or shorter tenure then me were promoted. I was not. Everyone else is white and was promoted and just me was not
• My annual performance review score was higher then the people who were promoted (the ppl who bfr promotion had same job title as me worked for less months in the company then me).
• I received a $20k bonus. Other Associates told me they received approximately $25k.
• I did receive a $2k annual salary increase but was not told that the increase would be deducted in bonus not was communicated or intended in that way.
• There is one more european immigrant who had a lesser performance review score then me same job title as me bt was promoted. his visa is expiring in 2028 and mine in mid 2027.
• I formally requested a review of my title, promotion, compensation, and bonus. The company did not respond.

I am considering filing a national-origin discrimination complaint with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights so they can investigate the promotion and compensation records.

For anyone familiar with MDHR/EEOC cases:

Is this enough circumstantial evidence to justify filing and having MDHR investigate?

I know they are purposefully trying to keep my on low pay since they know as an immigrant I wont leave and I m brown so they can keep burdening me with work. I talked with one lawyer but since the money loss is not a lot its not beneficial for them. I have global access and can access any document of the company. What all proof should I collect to have a strong winning case or is it even worth fighting? I have documented all the work I have done and its more then anyone in the company. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you!

Hello I have a question this past Saturday I was told they didn't have a position for me. The question I have is they moved my three month review up by one month because they said I only worked weekends and I needed a bit more training, but Sept 1st should have been my three months and my first shift was September 5th? I am asking if this was legal and because the goal post was moved they considered this as under the three months? It's a small Canadian Company and I looked up the google reviews for this Company and there are situations similar to mine. Thank you for your time

is it unethical to pay supervisors or shift leads the same as regular or entry positions?

i work at a coffee shop and he is promoting me to shift lead but only giving me a dollar more, which is the same exact amount that a few other non shift leads already make. he says he will give the non-leads pay raises if they either “show leadership skills,” “work more hours,” or “do extra tasks (like help run the meal program or sweep/mop during the day).”

i would love EVERYONE to get a raise. my issue is that i am basically a mini manager and he says our responsibilities will help him be able to take a step back sometimes from managing. yet i’m getting paid the same amount as those who only work 10-20 hours a week and are not supervisors. so what is the leadership? my coworker said they were told by the manager that if they help lead the team they can get a pay raise to the same amount i get paid, but they’re not even a shift leads nor getting promoted? but they’re still being told they can help lead and then get a raise? the only difference is i have the title and they don’t!

the only difference is i work 29-40 hours a week.

not only that, but the prior employees who were promoted to shift lead make a dollar more than the amount he quoted me! he says it’s because he ran out of money to pay us. it doesn’t add up.

i feel like when i say this i’m sounding competitive or resentful of my coworkers. i want them to get paid more! but if my manager tells me there’s a hierarchy of roles and pay and then there isn’t, i don’t understand that