Workplace harassment can create a hostile work environment that disrupts your ability to work and may make you afraid to go to the office every day. Bullying is also disruptive behavior that hurts your feelings and negatively affects your ability to work. You may feel...
Employment Law
How can litigation affect your workplace harassment claim?
If you are a victim of workplace harassment, you might feel that the odds are against you even if you file a claim. Choosing to litigate your case in a courtroom is one way to stand up for your rights and personal justice. Whether you choose to litigate or settle your...
When does a toxic work culture become a hostile environment?
If you have seen an abnormal number of "help wanted" signs recently, your mind certainly is not playing tricks on you. After all, employees in all sectors are quitting their jobs because of low pay and unhealthy work schedules. Each of these can make work culture...
How can a hostile workplace affect you?
No one should subject you to bullying or harassment at work. Enduring a toxic work environment can do damage to your emotional wellbeing and even your health. Over time, the effects of workplace abuse could start to manifest in different ways. It can be easy to pass...
What must be present to prove a hostile work environment?
Harassment claims in the workplace will require proving that you had a hostile work environment. While that may seem an easy task, there are some rules about what creates a true hostile work environment. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission explains you...
What do hostile virtual work environments look like?
Despite the increased awareness and spotlight on harassment at the workplace, hostile work environments continue to be an issue plaguing the modern work culture. Unfortunately, this has not changed even with the advent of work from home and virtual work environments....
How should employers handle hostile work environment complaints?
For a while, you held off on saying anything about your workplace's toxic atmosphere. You made a hostile work environment complaint recently. Did your employer respond correctly? Chron explains how companies should navigate hostile work environment complaints....
Can salacious rumors create a hostile work environment?
When people think about sexual harassment, many minds often conflate it with sexual assault. This is especially true in the age of modern media, where the biggest and most well-known cases involve physical aspects of assault or attack in some way. However, a victim...
Employer liability for harassment
Pervasive, severe harassment in the workplace can create a hostile work environment, i.e., one that a reasonable person considers abusive or intimidating. Harassment involves unwelcome conduct with a basis in a protected status of the employee. Protected statuses...
What is the distinction between independent contractors and employees?
Employee misclassification can lead to serious legal issues. Classifying an employee as an independent contractor means the employee misses out on benefits and other perks. The New York Department of Labor explains misclassifying workers is something you can avoid by...