Whatmakes for a hostile work enviornment?
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Whatmakes for a hostile work enviornment?
My boss constantly follows current employees around the business and criticizes, cusses at, and gets in the way of the employee doing their job. He also talks about the former employees in a derogatory fashion. He speaks of their shortcomings and he even talks about what he would like to do to former employees if they file for unemployment. In one instance, he even made a former employee relive a terrible experience only days after it happened. Is there any relief to this situation by lawsuit? Or is the only answer to this problem, get a new job?
Asked on November 16, 2010 under Employment Labor Law, Florida
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 14 years ago | Contributor
Your boss sounds like a real piece of work. Unfortunatelty none of the actions that you describe are actionable. The fact is that there is no legal right to a pleasant, professional, or even respectful workplace. Employers, supervisors, ir the like can be rude and nasty. What an employer, etc. can't do is to discriminate against an employee on the basis of a legally protected category (e.g. race, religion, age, disability status, or gender). Additionally, an employee can be treated in such as way as to in some way to violate company policy or an employment/union contract.
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