Work security

[Tbear001]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Kentucky
What constitutes harassment in the workplace?

Overbearing supervision or other misuse of power or position;

Making threats/ comments about job security without foundation

Deliberately undermining a competent worker by overloading and constant criticism

[Zigner]

All perfectly legal...

[commentator]

Unless you can document that this treatment is a result of your being a member of a protected class for EEOC, such as race, religion, national origin, age, sex, any of these groups, there's not much you can do.

What this person is doing is the person's management style, management technique. If it works, if it causes the person who is the victim to work harder, do better, stress out in an effort to please this person, be anxious about losing the job, then the supervisor can feel successful. If the supervisor is ruining the productivity of the business, is causing good employees to leave, and is causing a lot of problems, you may need to discuss this, first with the supervisor, and then with the supervisor's supervisor.

Do not let the supervisor have all the power in this situation by simply doing the best job you can, and refusing to be intimidated by criticism or verbal abuse. Cursing or using abusive language is probably something that needs to be taken to the next level, as in a discussion with this person's supervisor. Be sure to keep records of each incident that you feel is harrassment.

[cbg]

What constitutes harassment in the workplace?

Overbearing supervision or other misuse of power or position;

Making threats/ comments about job security without foundation

Deliberately undermining a competent worker by overloading and constant criticism

Based solely on the limited information available to us, none of the above.