Unfair treatment at work can cast a looming shadow over your whole life. The stress and anxiety that can come from facing such treatment can be overwhelming and employees should not have to suffer it. We all expect equitable treatment at work, but this is not always the case. If you are...
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Category: Hostile Work Environment
Can Verbal Conduct Create a Hostile Work Environment?
Harassment in the workplace can take a number of different forms. If you are suffering from actions that have created a hostile work environment, you may be able to seek redress by bringing a claim for workplace harassment. Such offensive actions often include verbal conduct. Even seemingly innocent remarks can make...
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Court Finds Single Use of Racial Slur Can Create Hostile Work Environment
Courts are not tolerating any hint of a hostile work environment anymore. The trend moving across jurisdictions is to take a close look at even single incidences of harassment or discriminatory behavior to see if that, in and of itself, would create a hostile work environment for a person. Employers should be...
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The Elements of a Hostile Work Environment Claim
When people hear “hostile work environment,” they may legitimately or jokingly refer to their own, unpleasant work environment and say they may have a claim! A hostile work environment, however, is much more than having a work environment that makes you unhappy. When a person suffers harassment in the workplace that...
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What is a Hostile Work Environment?
Harassment has been defined as conduct in the workplace that rises to the level of creating a “hostile” environment. Another important aspect of this is that the conduct is based on the protected characteristic of the employer who is on the receiving end of the harassing behavior and who is, thus...
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