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do the jokes offend you? do the jokes create a hostile work environment? if the answer to both of these questions is yes, then talk to the middle or upper management about the situation. be prepared to bring some evidence with you though so solidify your case.
the other thing you need to do is make sure you have not made similar jokes in the past.
if the situation does not stop, then talk to the EEOC about the issue and have them talk to the management of the business. if nothing changes that time, them go to court.
in the mean time document EVERYTHING, and keep copies for yourself and supply copies to the management and the EEOC as needed.
If I worked for you and you had some stupid biblical calendar nonsense hanging on the wall I would have just ripped it down and set fire to it in the middle of the office and saved you the trouble of contacting your HR department.
The workplace should be free of moronic religious garbage!
And I would have had you thrown in jail for arson. The workplace should be free of moronic felons.
its a strange thing. the EEOC world. brushing up against u, sexual open ended remarks, pushups in front of u on the desk leaning towards u, leaning way back in chair giving free beaver shots and rubbing knees with u, all of the above perfectly ok. but if a wasp guy ever touches her or says anything, God help him. oddly this card is never played on AA males, ever. and believe me lots of remarks and touching.
nothing but giggles result. 25 years of observing EEOC selective enforcement. games people play.
OP, you should sue. Most women would take something like this (even though it's not a big deal at all) extremely seriously so you should too. If I were you, I'd give them a taste of their own medicine for a change.
its a strange thing. the EEOC world. brushing up against u, sexual open ended remarks, pushups in front of u on the desk leaning towards u, leaning way back in chair giving free beaver shots and rubbing knees with u, all of the above perfectly ok. but if a wasp guy ever touches her or says anything, God help him. oddly this card is never played on AA males, ever. and believe me lots of remarks and touching.
nothing but giggles result. 25 years of observing EEOC selective enforcement. games people play.
A decade or so ago, I had a female employee who was on a step ladder hanging artwork. She was assisted by another employee, who was male. As he stood on the floor watching and eyeballing the piece to make sure it was level, she lost her balance and fell to the floor. The male employee attempted to soften the fall by reactively throwing his arms out to catch her. She filed an HR complaint alleging that he wasn't trying to catch her, he was actually trying to grab her breasts.
That this lady believed such a thing happened intentionally completely floored me. I still shake my head to this day about how she handled that situation.
The stress of that complaint caused a very good employee to leave to go work elsewhere. She ultimately dropped the grievance because he left. I believed him 100% when he said he didn't even think he just reacted to her falling.
It's these types of incidents that make me feel overly pessimistic about American culture sometimes.
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