Talking like Trump in the workplace can cost your employer money and get you fired

While President Trump’s remark that four congresswomen of color should “go back” to their ancestral countries was rightly condemned as racist and wrong, similar comments by others have generated far more serious consequences.

Language like Trump used is against the law in the workplace. Supervisors or colleagues who target co-workers with verbal abuse, and organizations that allow it, can end up in court, facing big fines.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) cites words similar to Trump’s in a previously issued document explaining employment harassment based on national origin:

View the complete August 2 article by Joe Davidson on The Washington Post website here.