An employee relations dilemma : what constitutes harassment at the workplace? /
In this case, eight employees at an apparel company's warehouse complained that the music played at the work premises by the management was offensive and created a hostile environment. Other people in the company did not find the music offensive; rather, they found it helped them get through th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE Publications: SAGE Business Cases Originals,
2024.
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| Series: | SAGE Business cases.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In this case, eight employees at an apparel company's warehouse complained that the music played at the work premises by the management was offensive and created a hostile environment. Other people in the company did not find the music offensive; rather, they found it helped them get through the mundane tasks of their jobs at the warehouse. The eight employees assert that they were constructively discharged and allege hostile environment discrimination as a reason for their resignation. The management of the company retaliated by stating that the music was not sexually offensive as it was not particularly directed at any gender, ethnicity, or group. The court initially sided with the defendant's claim, but the decision was appealed to the higher courts. Students discuss if the situation is really an employee relations issue. Did the company do anything wrong by playing music or were the eight employees right in asking the management to respect their personal preferences? Were the plaintiffs making a big deal about the nature of the music that was played at the warehouse and blowing the issue out of proportion unnecessarily? |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9781071946589 1071946587 |