Does the law cover harassment by co-workers?
Court cases have determined that harassment in the workplace against a person with a disability, because of the disability, is prohibited. If the harassment is offensive and unwelcome, is serious enough to affect the person’s work or create a hostile working environment, is because of the disability, and if the employer knew of the harassment or should have known of the harassment and took no or ineffective action to stop it, then an employer is in violation of the law.
