Birmingham Harassment Lawyers
Experienced Defense Against Workplace Harassment in Alabama
Various laws and ordinances protect employees from harassment due to their race, gender, age, and other distinguishing factors. While we normally think of workplace harassment as sexual harassment, this is not always true. Individuals can be victims of several forms of workplace harassment besides sexual harassment.
Call Michel Allen & Sinor today at (205) 265-1880 or contact us online to schedule a meeting with our harassment attorneys in Birmingham!
What Is Workplace Harassment?
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) broadly defines harassment as unwelcome behavior, which can be either verbal or physical.
Two different kinds of treatment can constitute harassment.
- Harassment severe or pervasive enough to create an uncomfortable or fearful work environment is hostile. A hostile work environment can be created by someone in management, a co-worker, or even a customer.
- Harassment changes the victim's employment status or benefits (e.g., a demotion, wrongful termination, denial of promotion). This type of harassment can sometimes be quid pro quo harassment. Quid pro quo is a Latin phrase "this for that." Given that the nature of this type of harassment affects an employee's status or benefits, it is most often inflicted by those in management positions.
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