What Is A Hostile Work Environment?

Specific Acts Resulting In A Hostile Workplace Environment

There are a variety of behaviors that can be interpreted as hostile work environments. The following are some of the most frequent ones:

• Discrimination based on race, sexual preference, ethnicity;
• Age Discrimination;
• Acts of reprisals or retaliation by managers and owners;
• Acts of discipline otherwise unwarranted or based on a person’s identity;
• Excessive monitoring of an employee;
• Exclusion and isolation of an employee form the rest of the workers;
• Sexually Offensive Humor – Making of sexually indecent jokes and remarks;
• Other forms of harassment;
• Conduct that would be considered severe and pervasive by a reasonable person;
• Intentional inflicting of emotional distress;
• Acts of intimidation force an employee to work longer hours;
• Verbal and nonverbal threats of bodily harm or the threat to fire if you do not complete a given task.

You are protected by Texas State and federal employment laws from being the target of such behavior in the workplace. Contact a lawyer to find out how you can safeguard your rights at work if you are facing any of these issues.

Hostile Work Environment And Mental Anguish

If you have been the victim of psychological trauma at work, you might be eligible for compensation.

There are a number of levels of mental anguish, as well as various expressions of psychological trauma, associated with a hostile workplace.

The most frequent are as follows:

• Depression;
• Anxiety disorders including Panic Attacks;
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder;
• Declining Work performance;
• Insomnia;
• Thoughts of Suicide;
• Gastrointestinal issues;
• Ill health – Leading to Increased absence to due sickness and inability to work.

There may be many more sorts of injuries caused by a hostile working environment that aren’t mentioned herein; the list is not exhaustive. If you’ve been injured, whether physically, emotionally, or financially, you have the right to seek compensation from those who are at fault, including employers and managers.