When you face a hostile work environment, if at all possible, you should tactfully and appropriately confront the person who is harassing you or causing the hostile work environment. You should express your disapproval in terms that are not disruptive to the workplace. You should ask them to stop, and hopefully, they do. Sometimes, that's a little bit more easily said than done. If it's your boss or the head of the company, or someone who supervises you, you may not feel comfortable doing that. You may need to consult your employee manual or go to human resources or the appropriate person at your place of work who can address that kind of issue. A hostile work environment is an environment that's continually abusive. If that's what you're experiencing, you should definitely report it. Make sure that your report is detailed, includes everything that's occurred because you want the company to have full knowledge of what happened so they can take remedial action.
By
Phillips & Associates, PLLC
