What is my recourse if I was harassed on my day off?
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What is my recourse if I was harassed on my day off?
I received a call on my day off. I missed the call but later to find out in voicemail my co-worker didn’t realize the phone was still recording he starting talking to others in the voicemail about how I can’t be trusted and just telling them the reason is because that I didn’t do what he wanted me to do without asking for any explanation threatening to fire me. I messaged her and said do not call me on my day off unless you are callig me to ask me to come into work. And all she says back is I trusted you and I can’t believe you. Again without asking for any explanation. For the record if needed I couldn’t get done what they wanted because I didn’t have enough time to I only worked a 4 hour shift and I clean for half that time.
Asked on February 27, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Oregon
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
Frankly, you have no claim here. Your co-worker merely made a phone call to you. Granted, you heard things that weren't particularly nice or true but they were not legally actionable. Boorish or rude remarks do not rise to the level of creating a hostile work enviornment, at least if they are not discriminatory in nature, which you did not indicate to be the case here (or if they in some way breached the terms of a union agreement/employment contract).
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