Employers and supervisors need to be more vigilant than ever to eradicate all types of harassment from their workplace. Here are three ways you can actively discourage a hostile work environment and help your employees feel safe and thus be happier at work and more productive:
Do you feel verbally or physically threatened, intimidated, or humiliated at work? Maybe it’s a colleague who’s always angry at you, or a boss who makes inappropriate comments. You could be experiencing a hostile work environment. Ignoring the conduct may cause it to get worse.
You’ve just received a charge from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC”) in the mail. Your former 59-year-old employee, whose job you eliminated last month while he was on disability leave, has filed a complaint with the EEOC against your company alleging age and disability discrimination and retaliation. What do you do?