This form for use in litigation against an insurance company for bad faith breach of contract. Adapt this model form to fit your needs and specific law. Not recommended for use by non-attorney.
This form for use in litigation against an insurance company for bad faith breach of contract. Adapt this model form to fit your needs and specific law. Not recommended for use by non-attorney.
If you live in Massachusetts, and you feel you are a victim of job discrimination, bullying, or harassment because of your gender identity, religious beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disabilities, race, or ethnicity, you could hold a claim against negligent behavior in the workplace.
Before filing your complaint, compile specific facts about the incidents, including the name and contact information of the person or entity you believe discriminated against you, relevant documents or evidence, and any witnesses' names and contact details. Choose your filing method.
Make or save copies of any communications that contain harassing language, including voicemails, letters, memos, text messages, and emails. Keep in mind that these communications don't just need to be from your workplace—if someone has harassed you at home or outside of work, these communications are relevant, too.
Hostile work environment harassment occurs when conduct is objectively and subjectively offensive and interferes with an employee's work performance by creating a workplace that is intimidating, hostile, humiliating, and/or offensive based on the actual, perceived, or associational membership of a protected class.
Keep the tone neutral and factual. Frame it in terms of the impact it has had on your ability to do your job effectively, rather than just your personal experience. For example: ``The hostile work environment has made it increasingly difficult for me to perform my duties to the best of my abilities.''
Furthermore, to prove a hostile work environment, employees must provide evidence that their employer failed to take action after the employee reported work environment concerns. Acceptable evidence includes documentation (emails or messages), incident reports, or potential witnesses.
A hostile work environment occurs when an employee's ability to perform their work is interfered with by discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or other acts on the basis of their race, gender, religion, disability, age, or other characteristics depending on the law.
Hostile work environment harassment occurs when conduct is objectively and subjectively offensive and interferes with an employee's work performance by creating a workplace that is intimidating, hostile, humiliating, and/or offensive based on the actual, perceived, or associational membership of a protected class.