My manager asked me and another employee if we were getting married while we were discussing insurance plans at work. Is this herassment? This is not the only inappropriate thing he’s said
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My manager asked me and another employee if we were getting married while we were discussing insurance plans at work. Is this herassment? This is not the only inappropriate thing he’s said
I’m curious if I could file a lawsuit
for herassment. My manager asked another
male employee and me if we were
getting married in front of an insurance
agent
Asked on March 22, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, Texas
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
Unfortunately, neither federal law nor your state's law protects against harassment based on sexual orientation, so what they did would not be actionable. Even if sexual orientation were protected in your state, it is an open question about whether simply asking once about marriage would consitute harassment.
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