Case: Discrimination/Hostile Work Environment (S.D. Fla.)

A Florida federal court ruled that FedEx’s Hispanic part-time handler was not entitled to a trial for his claims of a race-based hostile work environment, and retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The employee claimed that a Black coworker had insulted and disrespected his character, as well as physically threatened him, because he was Hispanic. The court ruled that the employee continued to attend the morning shift alongside the co-worker, despite being separated from him during night shift, and that other coworkers who were…