Many workers believe they're in a hostile work environment, but unless mistreatment is tied to a legally protected trait, the law often doesn't consider it unlawful.
"It's a hostile working environment!" is a complaint employers often hear today. Often what is being described is a demanding or unpleasant boss, rude or gossipy coworkers, a difficult customer or the pressure of meeting deadlines or production quotas. Many employees who claim to work in a hostile environment think they have the basis for a lawsuit against their employer. Typically, they do not. Most of the time, what an employee considers a hostile working environment...
When examiners don’t get veterans’ records, bad decisions aren’t a mistake—they’re a systemic failure. In a blistering oversight hearing this week, members of Congress openly questioned whether th...