Hostile Work Environment Definition
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How To Document a Hostile Work Environment

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Visitors to the Forum and the Academy know that regular posters like Littlelulu, msliberated, Curt and I are always harping on the importance of DOCUMENTATION. And folks have asked: “What does that mean?” This article is going to give you the nuts and bolts of documentation, so you can protect yourself from any rogue activity that your employer or supervisor may engage in. By “rogue activity”, I mean your employer manufacturing documents and supposed incidents that occurred. It would help, I think, to start with the Dictionary definition. From my Webster’s Dictionary, “Documentation” means “the act or an instance of furnishing or authenticating with documents.” What’s a “Document”? As a Noun (a thing), a Document is “…an original or official paper … [Read more...]

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Why You Should Not Give Up if the EEOC Turns Down Your Hostile Work Environment Claim

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Schools Tackle Teacher-on-Teacher Bullying In the Workplace USA Today features an interesting article about how 41 states have anti-bullying statutes for students, but zero states have anti-bullying statutes that apply to the teachers or administrators. That's starting to change, however, with two school districts -- one in Iowa and one in California -- for the first time ever explicitly prohibiting teacher to teacher bullying. This collateral bullying is a huge topic in itself. But what's troubling to me is that the article does NOT specifically state that the new rules prohibit school administration from bullying teachers. It's an otherwise interesting article, and you can read it HERE. When an EEOC Investigator Turns You Down, You Can Still Prevail I recently … [Read more...]

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Three Female Employees Win $485,000 For Retaliation & Sex Harassment from Fred Meyer Stores

SEATTLE - Fred Meyer Stores, Inc. (Fred Meyer) will pay $485,000 to three female victims of sexual harassment and retaliation to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the EEOC announced today. According to the EEOC's suit ( EEOC, et. al. v. Fred Meyer Stores, Inc. No. CV08-0208 HA, United States District Court of Oregon), the company's practice of harassing female employees occurred during 2004 through 2005 at the Fred Meyer Oregon City store. The EEOC says the sexually hostile work environment started at the top, with illegal conduct by the store director and operations manager. The EEOC further asserted in the litigation that the store director and operations manager repeatedly subjected females to graphic sexual discussions, … [Read more...]

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Discriminación Por Discapacidad, EEOC y Mediación

!Hola! Bienvenidos al podcast episodio 5 del "Lugar de Trabajo Hostil". Bienvenidos de nuevo al podcast "Lugar de Trabajo Hostil", yo soy su anfitrión, el Abogado Encubierto. Este es el podcast de cada dos semanas donde Ud. podrá aprender cómo recuperar su vida en el lugar de trabajo. Pelear contra un jefe abusivo y terminar con los tratos abusivos en el trabajo. Si Ud. escucha este podcast regularmente, Ud. se convertirá en la persona más informada de su trabajo, y el conocimiento legal es poder. El episodio número cinco tiene  dos temas para Uds. Primero la entrevista con Vicki una oyente, quien ha pasado por muchas vicisitudes en su profesión. Específicamente discriminación por discapacidad, su demanda con EEOC y su experiencia con una mediación. Ud. se entretendrá y … [Read more...]