I know what sexual harassment is and the laws associated with it, but I know nothing about verbal and emotional harassment. For the past several weeks my boss has been screaming at me in front of my co-workers, calling me an idiot and other names. I can’t lose my job, but I can’t be in this environment either. What steps can I take to stop this harassment without risking my job?

When a Savvy Miss member asked the following question, we turned to Johnny Taylor for his expert opinion.


That’s a tough one, because there’s litigation that says something to the effect that there’s nothing illegal about having a boss that’s a jerk... unless there is proof that you are being discriminated against based upon your gender—for example, if he or she is yelling at women only and not your male counterparts. But if he or

 

she is an equal opportunity jerk, then there’s not a whole bunch you can do from a purely legal standpoint.