Houston Constructive Discharge Attorney

Many victims of sexual harassment are too ashamed or embarrassed by their ordeal to report it to the appropriate person within their company or outside agency. The reasons for this decision are as complex and varied as are the men and women who endure the harassing behaviors.

Tragically among that multitude there are individuals who mistakenly believe that they were somehow responsible for their predicament, which is simply unacceptable. Rather than pursuing the matter through the established avenues, these violated employees sometimes choose to self-terminate their employment when the conditions have become unbearable.

This is termed “constructive discharge”, and when someone in your workplace acts in a harassing manner that pushes you to leave your job, you are entitled to pursue a legal action against the responsible parties. Contact the Houston constructive discharge attorneys of the Ross Law Group at 713-482-6910 to learn about your legal rights in this situation.

The Key Ingredients of a Constructive Discharge Case

The law is designed to protect workers from abusive employers, co-workers, and clients, but it also is crafted in such a way that it may not be used as simply a means of enabling an unhappy employee to quit and profit from the decision. Therefore, there are some basic legal benchmarks that must be established in a case to prove that a constructive discharge allegation has merit. To prove successful, the following must be substantially demonstrable:

• An employer's direct engagement in or enabling of sexual harassment was demonstrably responsible for an employee's decision to quit.
• The incident or behavior in question was not an isolated incident but instead consistently intolerable action.
• The circumstances were sufficiently adverse that the standard “reasonable person” would have self-terminated his or her employment.

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If you felt like you had no choice but to leave your job due to the sexual harassment to which you were subjected, then you may have a case for constructive discharge. Contact the Houston sexual harassment constructive discharge lawyers of the Ross Law Group at 713-482-6910. We can help you to hold your former employer accountable for their horrendous behavior or willingness to turn a blind eye.