Surley this can't be right

[Ghostsinthesnow]

At the moment working for a relatively small business, but I am at my wits end. I am the only member of admin staff and have to work not only for this company but as my boss owns another business - I'm forced to do work for that company as well! As well as finding out I'm being paid less an hour than the cleaner, i am obviously not happy. Now I find out he is opening another business, and I'm expected to do ALL the admin for this!

I'm sorry but is there someway around this?!

I have been signed off with stress for a month last year, and this is constantly brought up in front of other members of staff (all male) to belittle me.
Have seen Citizens advice but if i can't prove it's sexist behavior, there is nothing i can do!!

Sorry for the rant!

Well, if you think you have been treated really badly you can try and claim constructive dismissal (have a look in the archives, there are loads of threads), but it's a tough claim and all it achieves is a small payout to leave. It doesn't award you money for the hurt feelings, just financial loss (i.e. covers the time between when you leave your current job and when you find a new one), so you wouldn't profit as such.
TBH, I'd start job hunting!

It sounds like your workload is the main problem, is that fair to say? Have you raised it with your boss and said he needs to take on additional staff as the business/es expands?

The fact that the rest of the staff happen to be male doesn't mean that raising your stress-related absence in front of them is sexist, although it is obviously inappropriate and irrelevant. Again have you raised this with your boss and asked him not to? Are there male members of staff who have also been signed off with stress and not had similar treatment?

Hi thanks for the replies, sorry for the lateness of mine!

flowerybeanbag, I have raised that issue with my boss already, he isn't willing to take on another member of staff as i am "capable of the workload".

Sorry i should've worded my post better, I was told if i can't prove the behavior is sexist then there is nothing i can do. I'm not claiming that it is, that isn't my issue!

There are male members of staff that have been off for long periods of time and not a word is said against them.

Ribenaberry, don't worry i'm jobhunting as we speak!