To: Miami EEOC

ASK EEOC TO PROSECUTE

In 2010, a 68 year old lifeguard was humiliated by other lifeguards and his superiors. He was called an old man, grandpa, asked it he was a lifeguard in the Civil War and if his Depends were inflatable.

He received an honor from the members that he guarded asking that he be their permanent lifeguard when they were using the pool. The honor caused his superiors to cut his working hours.

He was told to eat his lunch in the men’s bathroom during storms. He was told to put the pool covers on the pool during lightening storms.

For the year he worked as lifeguard he never missed a day of work. He was never late for work.

One day he overheard one of his superiors referring to him as the old man. That evening before going home, he left a note on the superior’s desk stating “I am not an old man. I am a lifeguard”.

The next time he came to work, he was told by another lifeguard that all his working hours were given to to the sister of one of the superiors.

All lifeguards were told not to talk to him. All communications were stopped. Even to this day, he was never told that he didn’t work for the company.

The case of age discrimination has been filed with the Miami EEOC office. It has been under investigation by the EEOC for one year.

PLEASE TELL THE MIAMI EEOC OFFICE TO PERSONALLY PROSECUTE THIS CASE.

The name of this lifeguard is Dan Wehnes.

Why is this important?

Thousands of people are forced to pay a private attorney to handle their discrimination cases once EEOC submits a "right to sue" letter. The EEOC has the power to prosecute each case. Statistics show that they prefer not to, leaving people to pay for legal council. The majority cannot afford the high legal fees are are forced to do nothing allowing their employer to go free.