Harassment at Work

One of the most uncomfortable issues for employees and employers to confront in the workplace is subtle abuse. Everyone knows how difficult it is to address the issues raised in flagrant abuse...

Inappropriate behavior happens at the work place. If it’s sexual in nature, it’s good to be able to recognize it as sexual harassment or to identify it as some other form of misconduct.

You may be a victim of sexual harassment or sex discrimination and not even know it, if you supervisor plays favorites with women.

The U.S. Supreme Court made two major decisions about harassment in 1998. Since then, federal and state governments have made harassment training essential for most companies. If a company becomes...

Every employee in the United States has the legal right to work in a non-hostile environment free from sexual harassment and other forms of harassment, including harassment on the basis of race,...

Harassment at work can come physically or verbally. Verbal harassment often goes unreported, sometimes because sufferers are unaware of the laws. Although employees are afforded the right to speak...

It can be extremely uncomfortable and stressful when your working environment becomes hostile or coworkers are angry with you for some reason. There are things you can do to figure out if your...

Federal law prohibits employers from allowing a hostile work environment. This includes comments or actions that create a reasonable fear of physical harm or impede the performance of your work...

Here is a shocking statistic: fully 18 percent of all violent crime in the U.S. happens in the workplace. The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Labor track workplace violence...

Hostile work environment harassment is a kind of intentional discrimination by the company, management personnel, or other co-employees and a violation of your rights under the law. So, how would...

In the workplace, many types of harassment occur daily. However, many of these harassment cases go unreported or even unnoticed. The types of harassment that take place are sexual harassment,...

Verbal abuse in the workplace is an illegal act that violates federal employment law. Employers who engage in this behavior attack their employees, making them feel incompetent and causing real,...

When you are confronted with a situation where one employee has accused another of sexual harassment, do you know what to do?

Hostile work environments usually result from age, sex or racial discrimination. Each state's laws vary on the evidence you must offer to prove a hostile work environment exists. Even if you hire...

As the baby boomer population continues to age, workplace harassment on the basis of age has become a growing problem. More and more frequently, older American workers are subjected to ageist...

The Americans With Disabilities Act is a federal statutory scheme that prohibits, in part, workplace discrimination on the basis of disability. It is less widely known that federal law also...

When an employee complains of a sexually charged hostile work environment, the employer is under an affirmative obligation to investigate the complaint and to take steps reasonably calculated to...

In the years since the September 11 terrorist attacks, complaints of national origin work place harassment have increased. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has reported an increase in...

Many American employers do not realize that work place harassment on the basis of race presents the same potential for liability as sexual harassment. Several high profile cases have brought great...

Harassment is any behavior or words directed against you that make you uncomfortable. It can happen at work, school and in public. Harassment makes it hard to do your job. Many types of harassment...

Sexual harassment most often happens at work or school, and it affects both men and women. Sexual harassment is unwanted physical contact, excessive and unwanted flirting, sexual advances,...

Many incidents of sexual harassment in the workplace go unreported. Workers fear retaliation, fear others will find out or simply not wish to call attention to the matter. Handle workplace sexual...

If an employee files a charge of discrimination against your company, you must know your rights to mount a strong defense. Follow these steps to learn them.