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my boss keeps joking about me never leaving, I was hired to replace someone who doesn’t want to leave, and more

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To reach the legal standard for sexual harassment, the behavior must be “severe or pervasive.” I took a job four months ago as a bookkeeper for a small local retail store owned by a family friend. He reached out to me because his bookkeeper of 25 years needed to retire. He was serious and angry.

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my company wants to stop me from discussing my salary with coworkers

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A reader writes: I work at a retail job with mostly hourly positions and low wages. It’s illegal for them to retaliate against you for exercising your legally protected right to discuss wages and working conditions with your coworkers, but retaliation can be subtle and difficult to prove. This is more or less my first “real job.”

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