Former female lawyer ‘feared her job’
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My friend has a job where most of her coworkers are older, and they are constantly making derogatory comments towards her. She’s asked them to stop and they just laugh at her. Her boss knows what is going on and doesn’t do anything about it.

Does she have a case for a discrimination lawsuit?

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UFC cannot condone sexual harassment
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While being disciplined(written up) at work today, the discussion between myself and my manager got rather heated. He then offered to “pay me to find a new job” which I declined. If this doesn’t qualify as a hostile workplace…what would?

Can a written declaration detailing perceived malfeasance of duty by a superior be considered grounds for claiming a hostile work environment by that superior? And does the fact that the declaration was written, as opposed to spoken, subject the employer to potential liability and the declarant to personal liability to the subject of the criticism?

What would you do if the owner of your business got upset and told you to leave? Is he firing you? He says no and that he will call you if he needs you. Your his only Mechanic and question this decision. You also have thousands worth in tools, so if your being fired, you need to take them with you. The owner then spits in your face, no one there (in your workplace) wants the police called. So you leave, make a police report, but can you go back to that workplace and work for someone who would do that to you?? If you could not, do you think you should qualify for unemployment? What legal recourse does an employee have to stand up for his right to not be treated like this? Is this work-place bullying? I know it’s assault and battery. Would you consider this to be a hostile work environment?

My mother was attacked at work by a co worker who was just told she was fired and thought my mom has something to do with it. This hostile coworker has been harassing my mother for months.Some occassions the lady has just blatantly cursed my mom out and nothing happened to her. My mom put in her two weeks notice. it was then that the manager said he would fire the other lady. Well the morning of the attack, the lady came up and their manager informed her she was fired. She began cursing my mom but my mom walked away. The lady jumped her from behind and hit her repeatedly in the head with a coffee cup. the ambulance and police were called the lady went to jail. And after watching the tapes, the lady was coming back at my mom with a knife but someone stopped her. It was then the manager says oh yeah she carries it all the time. I would like to know if my mom can sue the lady and the company for allowing the workplace to be an unsafe environment? It was also discovered that the lady has a lenghty record which would have disqualified her fromt he job, so I’m thinking they didn’t even do a background check. I’m just concerned about all these hospital and doctors bills that she now has.
Not wanting to hurt the ecomony, but my mother is almost 60yrs old..and her well being is my #1 concern.