Corporate Protection Against Verbal Abuse in the Workplace
California does not have laws against verbal abuse in the workplace. There are prohibitions against harassment in the workplace monitored by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), but they usually do not include verbal abuse or bullying unless it is continuing and systematic.
Companies must confront
verbal abuse in the workplace, whether the employee committing the abuse is a
supervisor or a co-employee. Obviously, management tends to disfavor a verbally
abusive manager or...