Would This Be Harrasment
Q: I am considering taking some sort of legal action against a company whom I
worked for as I beleive I may have been harrassed. My complaints are ones of
a verbal nature.
When entering the room at a call centre I was taunted to be a Pedofile by
someone shouting it at me as I walkedpast.. Comments where made about my
appearance, ie, referred to as ugly. A person sitting beside me was making
innuendos about my sexual orientation. Other people imitated me in mocking
tones of voice. Every day there was something from someone until it got to
the point i didnt want to goto work anymore. All I wanted to do was go to
work and get my job done. Would this be considered harrasment, or am I just
being a sensitive boy again ? In fact I ended up quite ill over the whole
matter.
If this would be harrasment what could I do as the job was only on a
temporary basis ?
A: It seems like this was going on some time, did you report to a manager, either verbally or (preferably) in a letter, that this abuse was happening ? For how long did this go on for ? Are you still at that company ? As it was