Legal Question in Employment Law in Florida

workplace intimidation

I am a 54-year-old Caucasian woman. Recently, a co-worker, a large, young Black man began to intimidate and harass me at work. It began with him threatening to damage a pick-up truck that I had just purchased, and he also threatened to �throw me under the bus� on several occasions. Last week, he cussed me out vehemently, calling me MF several times and other profanity. When I told my manager about it, she made me feel that I had done something to deserve it. I resigned, but when I was leaving, I saw him standing by my vehicle, glaring at me. I was afraid that his verbal threats might escalate into a physical attack. I feel that the verbal abuse was due to my age, gender, and jealousy that I was the top producer on the team. As far as I know, he has not even been reprimanded for his actions. I am now out of work, without health insurance, under severe mental distress and ineligible for unemployment. Do I have any legal recourse over this treatment? And how can I get out of the No-Compete Agreement?


Asked on 5/19/09, 12:47 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Alan Wagner Wagner, McLaughlin & Whittemore P.A.

Re: workplace intimidation

You were not fired. You resigned -- which was a mistake. Your problem was with a coworker, not a supervisor and you did not give the employer any opportunity to address the situation before resigninging in a huff (another mistake). I don't see a way out of the non-compete given your resignation. What happened by your car was after your resignation and is irrelevant. You have a very very tough, if not downright impossible, case -- depending on what you said to the employer and what, specifically, the supervisor said to you before you resigned.

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Answered on 5/22/09, 7:45 pm


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