If I was harassed by my supervisor at work and let management know but all they did was change his department, what should I do if we have zero tolerance policy for harassment?
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If I was harassed by my supervisor at work and let management know but all they did was change his department, what should I do if we have zero tolerance policy for harassment?
I was being harassed by my supervisor I let my warehouse manager know about it but all he did was move the guy to a different department. I still feel very uncomfortable. In our handbook it states zero
tolerance for harassment and cause for termination. I’m only 19 and very scared.
Asked on April 5, 2019 under Employment Labor Law, Hawaii
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
If the harassment was due to your race, color, ethnicity, religion, disability, or sex and management will not act after you made them aware of it, you would have an employment discrimination claim (harassment claims are considered discrimination claims) and could contact your state's civil/equal rights agency or the federal EEOC to file a complaint.
But only certain types of harassment or discrimination, primarily those listed above, are prohibited. There is no law against most workplace harassment, such as if a supervisor simply doesn't like you. If this is not due to one of those prohibited forms of discrimination, there is likely nothing you can do.
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