Disability Harassment Claim

An employee who experiences workplace harassment because of a disability can file a claim under the ADA or FEHA.

In one case, an employee claimed that supervisors and coworkers harassed him due to his non-work-related back injury.¹ They used profane language, berated him for his inability to perform certain tasks, deliberately assigned him work beyond his medical restrictions, instructed other employees not to speak to disabled employees and refused to allow him to test for another position in the company.

The court found that the employee was entitled to file a hostile environment harassment²