What should I do when being very badly treated at work?
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What should I do when being very badly treated at work?
I constantly get harassed at my job. My co-workers ridicule me repeatedly over
homosexuality, that I should have been aborted and I’m a waste of human life/space, etc. I am taken as a joke and the managers look the other way when I go to them for help. I have ADHD, bipolar disorder and anxiety disorder. Aside from all the unnecessary stress put on my shoulders by my co-workers and managers, I’m still expected to perform equally to others despite how difficult they make it.
Asked on September 18, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Florida
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
Neither federal law nor your state's law prohibits discrimination or harassment at work on the basis of sexual orientation (e.g. being homosexual), so you are not entitled to compensation on that basis.
Thre is also no law requiring employees to generally be treated fairly or consistently, so it is irrelevant is you do things well at store A but your coworkers or managers at store B do not like you--there is no legal basis for compensation because some co-workers or managers do not like you while other ones do.
However, the law does prohibit discriminating against or harassing an employee on the basis of a disability, which would very likely include bipoloar disorder, ADHD, and anxiety disorder. If you feel you are being harassed because of these conditions, you may be suffering illegal disability-based employment discrimination, and may have a claim for compensation on that basis. If you believe that is the case, contact the federal EEOC.
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