What legal remedy do I have regarding a verbally abusive and explosive boss?
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What legal remedy do I have regarding a verbally abusive and explosive boss?
I work for an attorney who is extremely explosive and verbally abusive on a daily basis. He makes it impossible to ask him a question, he yells and pounds his desk. I have taken ill as the daily street has
taken a toll on my health.
Asked on August 19, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, New York
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
Your only remedy here is to either complain but also risk termination or quit. A boss need not be polite or even professional. The fact is that most employment is "at will". This means that an employer can set the conditions of the workplace much as it sees fit, absent some form of legally actionable discrimination (which you did not indicate to be the case).
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
Your only remedy here is to either complain but also risk termination or quit. A boss need not be polite or even professional. The fact is that most employment is "at will". This means that an employer can set the conditions of the workplace much as it sees fit, absent some form of legally actionable discrimination (which you did not indicate to be the case).
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