My jurisdiction is: Illinois
My jurisdiction is: Will County, IL
My spouse worked for a company owned by 2 partners. One of the partners was her boss. The other partner worked at a different location. Her boss screamed at her and belittled her and called her stupid on a regular basis. The boss also would go to the back office and throw things for more than 2 hours after screaming at my spouse. My spouse did her job diligently and collected thousands and thousands of dollars on medical billing. Her boss would discount this fact and scream at her about spelling a name wrong in the appointment book. Her boss would often find obscure and minute things to scream at her about. Sometimes her boss would accuse her of things that were blatantly not true. The boss even screamed at her for not answering the phone while she was in the restroom. (My spouse was the only employee, other than a man who worked in the office occasionally, doing similar work to the boss. Often my spouse was alone in the office. What was she supposed to do, wear Depends?)
Her boss had been off for a week and a half for her mother's funeral while my spouse ran the office completely on her own during that time. She worked her schedule, even came in early several times as her boss directed her to do.
On her boss's first day back to work her boss started screaming and ranting at my spouse. Her boss even began to throw papers and files at my spouse and then began to throw office supplies AT MY SPOUSE. At this point her boss was saying that she wanted to fire her but would never allow her to collect unemployment. She continued to scream and throw items at my spouse. My spouse walked out and filed for unemployment.
Now her boss is fighting the claim. There is only 1 other person who occasionally works at that office and has observed her tantrums directed at my spouse, and sometimes directed at him, but he obviously will not jeopardize his position to make a statement or testify for my spouse. When my spouse first started working at this employer the man who occasionally worked with her said that persons who previously held my spouse's position have also been subjected to this hostile work environment.
My jurisdiction is: Will County, IL
My spouse worked for a company owned by 2 partners. One of the partners was her boss. The other partner worked at a different location. Her boss screamed at her and belittled her and called her stupid on a regular basis. The boss also would go to the back office and throw things for more than 2 hours after screaming at my spouse. My spouse did her job diligently and collected thousands and thousands of dollars on medical billing. Her boss would discount this fact and scream at her about spelling a name wrong in the appointment book. Her boss would often find obscure and minute things to scream at her about. Sometimes her boss would accuse her of things that were blatantly not true. The boss even screamed at her for not answering the phone while she was in the restroom. (My spouse was the only employee, other than a man who worked in the office occasionally, doing similar work to the boss. Often my spouse was alone in the office. What was she supposed to do, wear Depends?)
Her boss had been off for a week and a half for her mother's funeral while my spouse ran the office completely on her own during that time. She worked her schedule, even came in early several times as her boss directed her to do.
On her boss's first day back to work her boss started screaming and ranting at my spouse. Her boss even began to throw papers and files at my spouse and then began to throw office supplies AT MY SPOUSE. At this point her boss was saying that she wanted to fire her but would never allow her to collect unemployment. She continued to scream and throw items at my spouse. My spouse walked out and filed for unemployment.
Now her boss is fighting the claim. There is only 1 other person who occasionally works at that office and has observed her tantrums directed at my spouse, and sometimes directed at him, but he obviously will not jeopardize his position to make a statement or testify for my spouse. When my spouse first started working at this employer the man who occasionally worked with her said that persons who previously held my spouse's position have also been subjected to this hostile work environment.
