Legal Question in Administrative Law in Washington
Predjudice
In two employees are having a
conversation, and a third employee
overhears the conversation and is
offended by a name that was said
and tells the employer that he was
offended, id the employer required to
reprimand the employee who said
the name.
I named an employer owned PDA
''toby'' . I was telling the other
employee this because he referred to
all company PDA's as ''Pedro'' the
third employee who over herd this is
african american and I am not sure
why he took offence and noone I
know is sure either but the employer
gave me an oral reprimand (written
as record for my employee file)
Is the employer required to do
this???
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Predjudice
Employers are not required by law to give you a reprimand, but may have felt they should under an employer policy.
If you are a union member, talk with your union representative.
If not, and there is an appeal process, you may want to pursue this.
You should also ask to meet with your supervisor, and maybe your supervisor's supervisor and discuss this with them because you clearly don't understand why you were reprimanded.
If the African American's name is Toby, however, I can see why he may be offended.
Best of luck.
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