What can be done about a general manager of a restaurant who hollers, swears, threatens, intimidates and is cruel and harasses employees?

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What can be done about a general manager of a restaurant who hollers, swears, threatens, intimidates and is cruel and harasses employees?

He threatens a weeks suspension for not informing customers of daily specials and terminated an employee for no reason in the presence of the staff. Most employees are female. Is there legal info/government regulations that can be presented to him. How can I make him aware of the legal ramifications?

Asked on November 8, 2015 under Employment Labor Law, Minnesota

Answers:

SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 8 years ago | Contributor

An employer IS allowed to yell at employees, intimidate them, suspend them for forgetting to do something, or fire them "for no reason" unless the reason he does this as part of illegal discrimination, such as illegal gender-based discrimination. That does not mean he can't yell at, suspend, etc. women--he just can't do it because they are women; i.e. he can't treat women differently than men. But if he is a jerk and a tyrant to all employees, male and female, and/or only yells at or takes action against employees who violate a rule (like about daily specials), that is unfair and bad management, but legal. The law allows employers to be awful.
If you feel that he is yelling at the women because they are women, then the female employees should contact the federal EEOC or your state equal/civil rights agency to file a complaint.


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