My jurisdiction is: Indianapolis, IN USA
My best friend is very afraid to do or say anything about this situation as she values her job and at age 54, clerical jobs are not easily found. My best friend works for a company of about 20 people in Indianapolis, IN. She has been employed there for over 20 years. Now, the owner of the company posts and passes around emails and other derogatory political papers which he gathers from the Internet favoring only his political party choice, the republican party. Some of these papers are not just wrong they are intended to be inflammatory and to say the very least in very poor taste. Some are so awful that they constitute racism and perhaps worse. In addition for several years (at least the last 5 or 6) he has posted materials around the office that are derogatory to all non-republicans. All the material posted or passed around promotes his idea that republicans are all but god-like in their every thought and deed and everyone else's thoughts are trash or treason or worse. That being said here is the kicker, starting a few weeks ago, he now requires that everyone in the office read the tripe that he prints out and passes around and initial it as having been read; so far as I know the warehouse workers are not required to read or initial the materials. While this whole situation is obviously in the poorest of tastes, isn't everyone entitled to their own political point of view and beliefs without being subjected to seemingly constant harassment on the job? Isn't what this business owner doing illegal? Doesn't it constitute harassment or some other breech of the law?
My best friend is very afraid to do or say anything about this situation as she values her job and at age 54, clerical jobs are not easily found. My best friend works for a company of about 20 people in Indianapolis, IN. She has been employed there for over 20 years. Now, the owner of the company posts and passes around emails and other derogatory political papers which he gathers from the Internet favoring only his political party choice, the republican party. Some of these papers are not just wrong they are intended to be inflammatory and to say the very least in very poor taste. Some are so awful that they constitute racism and perhaps worse. In addition for several years (at least the last 5 or 6) he has posted materials around the office that are derogatory to all non-republicans. All the material posted or passed around promotes his idea that republicans are all but god-like in their every thought and deed and everyone else's thoughts are trash or treason or worse. That being said here is the kicker, starting a few weeks ago, he now requires that everyone in the office read the tripe that he prints out and passes around and initial it as having been read; so far as I know the warehouse workers are not required to read or initial the materials. While this whole situation is obviously in the poorest of tastes, isn't everyone entitled to their own political point of view and beliefs without being subjected to seemingly constant harassment on the job? Isn't what this business owner doing illegal? Doesn't it constitute harassment or some other breech of the law?
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