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A hostile work environment is a workplace that is characterized by harassment, discrimination, or other behavior that creates an intimidating, offensive, or oppressive atmosphere. While a traditional office setting can be a breeding ground for a hostile work environment, it’s important to recognize that even remote workers can experience a hostile work environment. Consider the ...

Employees should feel reasonably comfortable in their workplaces. They should not worry about being subject to bullying or other such forms of harassment. Sadly, some workplaces are not as healthy as others. Employers must take steps to prevent their work environments from becoming hostile or uncomfortable. Ways to do so include the following: Establish a ...

Dreading getting up and going to work every morning is something that more Americans experience than you might think. In fact, as of 2017, one out of every five Americans said that they work in an environment that can be described as hostile. If you are one of those Americans, it’s time to consult an ...

When actress Gabrielle Union joined the judging panel on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” she probably did not anticipate the firestorm that would brew at the end of the season. Union, along with fellow first-year judge Julianne Hough, were both cuts from the show after one season. At The Rager Law Firm, we want to understand ...

Deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department filed a legal claim earlier this month alleging that a gang-like group of deputies known as the Banditos scare them more than the criminals on their beats. Five young deputies and two veteran deputies say that they were victimized by the group of officers that form the ...

A Hostile Work Environment is more than just bad jokes and bad attitudes. People tend to use the phrase “hostile work environment” too loosely. Someone can eat something that smells terrible to someone else and they will joke that it created a hostile work environment. The truth is, when you are really dealing with a ...

If you have never seen the movie Horrible Bosses then you need to at least see the trailer to understand what the term hostile environment really means. Now, because this is a movie, the situations were more exaggerated, the premise is still good examples of what not to do at work. For example, Jennifer Aniston’s ...

Whenever people hear the phrase “hostile work environment,” many of them immediately imagine a boss yelling at his employees, throwing keyboards at the wall, and threatening workers to fire them. And while it is true that all of these examples can meet the legal definition of “a hostile work environment,” in the context of employment ...

Distasteful jokes are told all the time. Just log in to your Netflix account and find the array of comedian specials. Click on any one of them and someone can find something offensive (except maybe for Hannah Gadsby’s set, she is a genius). Nonetheless, crude jokes that are offensive are easy to find and sometimes ...

Some call it being too sensitive. Others call it not being able to take a joke. Most still believe that men are somehow supposed to be these loudmouth people with no heart or soul. Somehow men are meant to be strong and never show emotions, and they are supposed to support other men who feed ...