What is Workplace & Political Harassment?
Workplace harassment is identified as any unwanted verbal, physical, or written action or conduct that shows hostility or aversion to a person based on race, gender, political views, religion, sexual orientation, age, or disability that causes a hostile working environment, interferes with the person’s work, or affects his ability to garner opportunities within the workplace. Political harassment in the workplace deals with the hostility or aversion to a person based on what his political views are. This can mean anything from being singled out for believing in a certain bill or candidate or by expressing favor for a particular party that the rest of the office may not share. This is not to say that holding different political viewpoints within an office environment will create a situation in which someone will be targeted. A person will never know what kind of environment he will experience when hired by a company or business. Depending on the company or business itself and that of it
