Category Archives: Co-worker Harassment
WHEN CO-WORKERS HARASS EEO COMPLAINANTS An employee filed an EEO complaint alleging disparate treatment, which was found to be without merit. However, before the agency dismissed the complaint, the supervisors put out the word that they were going to begin … Continue reading
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CAN RUMORS CREATE A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT? Yup, or at least that’s what the Third Circuit Federal Court of Appeals thinks. “So and so is gay,” “Did you hear she is cheating on her husband,“ “I understand he is the … Continue reading
EEOC REQUIRES LGBTQIA+ HARASSMENT TRAINING FOR EVERYONE This is a new one for us. Apparently, the agency supervisors allowed employees to so harass a transgender co-worker that EEOC has ordered it to train all its employees in victim’s work area … Continue reading
WHEN IS CO-WORKER HARASSMENT ILLEGAL AND THE AGENCY’S FAULT? Although the lawyers break it down into a much longer list of criteria, EEOC recently put it in a nutshell as follows: “In the case of co-worker harassment, an agency is … Continue reading
WHAT IS CO-WORKER HARASSMENT? This VA case will give you a good idea. In a case of co-worker harassment, an agency is responsible for acts of harassment in the workplace where the agency (or its agents) knew or should have … Continue reading