workplace harassment
Job site abuse
Workplace harassment is unwanted conduct in a professional setting that creates a hostile, intimidating, or offensive environment.
It includes bullying, sexual advances, discriminatory remarks, and persistent behavior that interferes with someone's ability to do their job: She filed a complaint about workplace harassment after months of inappropriate comments from her supervisor.
The term has legal significance in employment law, where it often involves protected characteristics like race, gender, or disability.
- cyberbullyingDigital intimidation of others
- verbal abuseHarmful speech targeting someone
- retaliationPunitive response to injury
- gaslightingManipulation causing self-doubt
- quid pro quoReciprocal exchange of value
unwanted advances · hostile work environment · power imbalance · Title VII · whistleblower protections · mandatory reporting · formal complaint · psychological manipulation · microaggressions · office politics · diversity initiatives · discrimination · intimidation · sexism · employee training · prejudice · racism · coercion
- Workplace Discriminationage discrimination, disability discrimination, equal pay, gender bias, pregnancy discrimination
- workplace equityequal opportunity, pay equity, fair employment, fair hiring, fair treatment
- workplace stressjob stress, work stress, occupational stress, job burnout, job anxiety
- wrongdoingmisconduct, crime, sabotage, crimes, misbehavior
- feminismfeminism, feminist theory, gender equality, women's rights, feminist novels
- labor lawlabor code, labor law, labor laws, labor standards, labour law
workplace harassmentinclusive workplace
Job setting embracing diversity
workplace inclusion · psychological safety · workplace equity · open-door policy
workplace harassmentprofessional development
Ongoing workplace learning activities