Police Officer Can Sue Over Hostile Work Environment, Rules New Jersey Supreme Court
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A Jewish police officer could sue his department for maintaining a hostile work environment based on derogatory comments and jokes about his religion by supervisors and colleagues, the New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled in reinstating a jury verdict. The plaintiff worked for a municipal police department. He alleged that his supervisors made anti-Semitic jokes and comments in his presence. While he conceded that the comments may have been poor attempts at humor, he found them offensive.
The plaintiff also recounted an incident when colleagues placed Israeli and German flag stickers on his locker, and one incident when he overheard a fellow officer blurt out, "Those dirty Jews."See the full content of this document
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Police Officer Can Sue Over Hostile Work Environment, Rules New Jersey Supreme Court
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