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Re:Resignation Letter by Manfredo_1 on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @03:15PM (#23836392)
So your answer is yes? Under your understanding of harassment, someone can relentlessly bully and insult their co-worker all day long and it isn't workplace harassment so long as it doesn't refer to protected class?
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Re:Resignation Letter by joshuamorton on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @03:16PM (#23836422)
That is the legal definition, yes. I'm not making any statement about how I think things should be. I'm making commentary only on the current legal definitions in the US.

To elaborate, a workplace certainly could take action on such harassment, as they have the right to associate how they please. But they are also free to not do that. And in fact many people face workplace harassment every day, but have no recourse except to suck it up.

Personally, I absolutely support stronger protections for workers, but they don't exist today.

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