What is intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED)? Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress (IIED) occurs when your employer purposely causes severe emotional distress to you as a result of extreme and outrageous conduct. Examples of Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress claims can include racial insults, sex discrimination, false imprisonment and conduct that threatens your physical… Continue reading Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
Topic: Discrimination / Harassment
Assault and Battery in the Workplace
What is Assault and Battery? Assault and battery sometimes happen in the workplace when there are fights between employees and supervisors or between two employees. Assault and battery are two separate claims that employees can bring against their employer. Assault The “legal” definition of assault differs from how the word is normally used in everyday… Continue reading Assault and Battery in the Workplace
Language Discrimination
What is language discrimination? Language discrimination occurs when a person is treated differently because of her native language or other characteristics of her language skills. For example, an employee may be experiencing language discrimination if the workplace has a “speak-English-only” policy but her primary language is one other than English. She may also be the victim… Continue reading Language Discrimination