Reclamo Ai Intake – Interviews

This tool will help you gather and organize the information and documents you’ll need to do something about your workplace justice issue in New York. Completing this interview does not mean you are being represented in your legal issue, but this tool will share your answers with an advocate at NYLAG or one of their partners. If an advocate is able to help you with your situation or make a referral, they will contact you.

Please provide as much detail as possible. The more evidence you have, the stronger your case will be.

In a few words, please tell us about the workplace justice problem you need help with.

What do you want to get out of this process?

Are you still working at at the job where you had the problem?

Yes

How many people work for the Company?

Are there other workers dealing with the same issue?

Yes

Are you in contact with those other workers dealing with the same issue?

Yes

Does your employer owe you money?

Yes

Estimated Amount Owed

When did this problem start?

When did this problem end?

Please describe your work schedule, including how many days you work per week and how many hours you work per shift.

Please describe how you get paid (example: I get paid in cash every Friday at the rate of $15 per hour)

When you worked over forty hours in a week, were you paid extra wages?

Yes

When you worked over ten hours in one shift, were you paid an extra hour of work?

Yes

Do you have witnesses?

Yes

Do you know how to get into contact with your witnesses?

Yes

Did you attempt to resolve your wage issue with your employer?

Yes

How did you attempt to resolve it?

What was the outcome?

What was the reason your job ended?

Did you receive any separation pay?

Yes

Have you had a job during the last 18 months?

Yes

Were you working as an employee or an independent contractor?

Employee

Independent contractor

I don't know

Did you apply for unemployment benefits?

Yes

When did you apply for benefits?

How did you apply for benefits?

Over the phone

Online

Were you sent any correspondence from the Department of Labor (DOL)? This might include a letter asking for more information or a document titled “Monetary Benefit Determination” that explained what your benefit rate is.

Yes

Please describe the correspondence you received from the DOL.

Have you received any payments?

Yes

Have you spoken with someone from the Department of Labor (DOL)?

Yes

Please describe what the person from the DOL told you.

Have your benefits been denied?

Yes

Please describe why you were denied.

Did you request a hearing?

Yes

Do you have a hearing date?

Yes

When is your hearing date?

Did you need to take leave from work for a serious health condition of an immediate family member or yourself and/or leave to care to care for your child?

Yes

Who did you ask to take leave?

What kind of leave and/or accommodations did you ask for?

How much leave time did you take?

Were you able to return to your job without any issues? Please explain.

Do you feel you were treated unfairly at work because of who you are?

Yes

Please describe why you feel you were treated badly because of who you are.

Were you treated worse than other employees?

Yes

Why do you think your employer treated you worse than other employees?

Please describe specific examples when you were treated more poorly than others.

Were you ever abused or harassed at your job?

Yes

Who abused or harassed you at your job?

Please describe how you were abused or harrassed at your job.

What is the name of the Company/Business where you had the issue?

Do you know the Company's address?

Yes

Please provide the Company's address.

What was the name of your manager or the owner of the business where you had the issue?

What was your supervisor's name at that business?

Who hired you at that business?

How did you learn about the job and apply?

What kind of business was it? (Example: construction)

What was your job title?

Where was your work site located?

When did you start working there?

When did you stop working there?

Did you have an employment Contract?

Yes

Were you given an employee handbook or manual for this job?

Yes

Are you a union member?

Yes

What union / local?

What is your full name?

What is your phone number?

What is your email address?