Can I do anything aboutharrassment if it’s already been reported but nothing’s really been done about it?
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Can I do anything aboutharrassment if it’s already been reported but nothing’s really been done about it?
I’ve been dealing with 2 immature co-workers for over a year now. One of them has brought “porno cakes” to work. One of the girls was reported and she was suspended for 3 days. Since then they have put up pictures on facebook of my vehicle, which shows my license plate, and one of the girls posing by it looking like she’s peeing on it. The other girl commented that, “She should have peed on her car because that’s the girl that hates us.” Another picture was of a co-workers car where one of the girls had her foot on the co-workers tire doing the peeing pose.
Asked on August 25, 2011 Kentucky
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
If you are being harassed because of your race, religion, sex, age over 40, or disability, you could bring an employment discrimination claim against the employer. However, harassment on other grounds is not prohibited by the employment discrimination law.
If they have hacked any of your accounts or stolen personal information or passwords, you may have a cause of action for that. If they have defamed you, or made untrue factual statements (not opinions) that hurt your reputation, you may have a cause of action for defamation. Otherwise, though, you probably don't have a legal claim--the law does not enforce respect or civility. You may need to take non-legal actions: take down your facebook page; if possible look for another job; etc.
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