Other Types of Harassment that Occur in the Workplace

Different types of harassment exist in many places, most notably sexual harassment in the workplace. This kind of harassment happens when an employee experiences “unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature” from a superior, fellow employee, or customer.

Aside from sexual harassment, these kinds of harassment may also happen in a workplace setting and may require legal help from a Los Angeles harassment lawyer.

• Racial/ Ethnic Harassment: Unwanted behavior towards employees based on their race, ethnicity, national origin, or color. This is also one of the most common forms of harassment in the workplace. Usual behavior includes insults based on skin color, racist jokes, stereotyping, labeling of offensive names or terms, or displaying of images that may be offensive to one’s race.

• Bullying: This type of harassment recently came into light because of multiple cases of teenage suicide reportedly caused by bullying in school. However, kids aren’t the only ones who are bullied; even adults at work can be bullied too. Most of the time, those who are of power or position are the ones who bully people who are inferior to them in order to undermine, intimidate, or demean them. Calling names and playing cruel jokes are the usual forms of bullying.

• Psychological Harassment: Psychological harassment can happen even when the harasser says or does something that is emotionally hurtful to the harassed. This harassment usually happens in a “this for that” situation: the harassed is forced to give in to the harasser’s demands. In most cases, the harassed doesn’t even know that they are being harassed already. In a workplace setting, a harassed employee believes that the boss is only behaving that way because he committed misconduct.

• Electronic Harassment: This kind of offensive behavior can be done through electronic formats or gadgets like computer or telephone. In an electronic harassment, the harassed individual may experience being stalked, spied, pestered, or insulted through a phone call, text message, online message, camera surveillance, or e-mail. Hacking other people’s e-mail or social website accounts may also be considered as electronic harassment.

• Sexual Orientation Harassment: Hostile behavior towards employees based on their known or presumed sexual orientation. Employees who often experience this harassment are gays, lesbians, transsexuals, or bisexuals.

A Los Angeles employment lawyer from Mesriani Law Group is knowledgeable in any type of harassment in the workplace and can help victims receive the compensation they deserve. Call (310) 826-6300 now to get started on your claim or lawsuit.