Hostile Environment
Continuous, low level discriminatory remarks or behaviors that cumulatively 'poison' the workplace for the aggrieved victim enough to alter the terms, conditions or privileges of the workplace, and are commonly considered by the courts and the EEOC as equivalently unlawful to more overt forms of discrimination.
See also: Anti-discrimination law; Discrimination; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Equal opportunity; Harassment; Reasonable Person Standardant; Same-sex harassment; Sex; Sexual Harassment; Sexual harassment policy; Sexual misconduct; Sexual orientation; Single-incident sexual harassment; Stereotype; Tangible employment action; Third-party sexual harassment; Timeliness