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At a work Christmas party that was unpaid. There was talk at a table that I felt was going to make a coworker uncomfortable as it was in regards to sexual orientation. I let one coworker know that the other coworker at the table has a transgender son (whom I am good friends with). The coworker is now claiming I sexually harassed him snd made him uncomfortable. The coworker is a straight male … and never once mentioned a thing about it again to me rather he went to HR over a month later making a complaint. Is it sexual harassment stating that a coworkers son is transgender?
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Human resources may and often will conduct an investigation. The purpose would be to determine whether there is a problem in the workplace. Sometimes the problem an employee complains about is not the real problem or there's no problem at all.
Even under the new more protective state Human Rights Law petty slights or trivial inconveniences are not actionable. That does not mean that more training might be a good idea for everyone. Good luck.
During COVID more employees have complained about everything because everyone is stressed. We all believed modern medicine could cure anything and now most of us who are paying attention know better. Stay safe.
Answered on Jan 30th, 2022 at 7:42 AM