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Facts About Suing For Emotional Distress at Work<\/span><\/h2>\n

<\/b>In the workplace, there are many times that a person may find that their typical workplace goes from being a comforting environment to one that they want to avoid. Why does this happen? Every day at businesses throughout the world, people may find that they are experiencing emotional distress. <\/span><\/p>\n

This is on top of the stress that they are already feeling from their job. In many cases, this emotional distress is from another person that is working with you. This could be a manager, boss, or even a co-worker who is causing this emotional distress that is making it hard for you to go to work with a smile on your face. <\/span><\/p>\n

The problem is that many people think that they do not have any rights when it comes to the emotional distress that they are suffering from. That is simply not the case! You do not have to find a new job or learn how to tough it out. <\/span><\/p>\n

Emotional distress is something that no one should have to tolerate. No one should have to feel as though they are at a loss as to what to do.<\/span><\/p>\n

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How to Prove Emotional Distress is Happening<\/h3>\n

When it comes to emotional <\/span>distress<\/span><\/a>, this is either being caused negligently or intentionally inflicted upon a person. The key is proving that this emotional distress is happening and how to figure out which type of emotional distress that you are suffering from. <\/span><\/p>\n

Negligent emotional distress happens when a person does something that causes the emotional distress that they did not realize they were doing, or they simply were acting in a way that they did not care if they hurt someone or not. <\/span><\/p>\n

The principle with this type of emotional distress is that the person should have used reasonable care in order to avoid causing emotional damage to someone else, yet they did not. For example, you could have witnessed a co-worker getting injured on the job, and you were right there beside this person. <\/span><\/p>\n

The cause of the injury was due to someone not handling the equipment properly and you are scarred due to what you have seen.<\/span><\/p>\n

Intentional emotional distress happens when a person has extremely outrageous behavior that resulted in this emotional distress. <\/span><\/p>\n

For example, a person with a bad temper may scream and shout at someone that works under them and embarrass them in front of the entire office. This could be considered emotional distress if the person were to have done this due to the fact that they wanted to embarrass the worker. <\/span><\/p>\n

Types of Emotional Distress a Person can Experience<\/h3>\n

When it comes to the reasons why a person may experience emotional distress, this can vary from person to person, along with varying depending on the type of job the person has. <\/span><\/p>\n

Here are a few examples:<\/span><\/p>\n