Term Details - Hostile Work Environment
A hostile work environment is one that both a reasonable person would find hostile or abusive and one that the particular person who is the object of the harassment perceives to be hostile or abusive. A hostile work environment is determined by looking at all of the circumstances, including the frequency of the alleged harassing conduct, its severity, whether it is physically threatening or humiliating, and whether it unreasonably interferes with an employee's work performance. A hostile work environment is created due to prohibited workplace harassment or other forms of discrimination based upon race, color, religion, creed, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation.
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