{"id":49916,"date":"2021-08-03T17:20:19","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T21:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=49916"},"modified":"2021-08-03T17:20:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T21:20:29","slug":"a-lee-county-commissioner-has-created-a-hostile-work-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2021\/08\/a-lee-county-commissioner-has-created-a-hostile-work-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"A Lee County Commissioner has created a hostile work environment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Editorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harassment by the Lee County Commissioner includes unwanted groping, kissing, hugging, and inappropriate sitting on subordinate\u2019s desk and even making comments directed toward current and former employees and even taxpayers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is the policy of Lee County to provide and maintain a work environment free from harassment. Lee County maintains a strict policy of prohibiting harassment based upon race, sex, religious belief, color, national origin, ancestry, disability, age, or any other category of persons protected by federal, state, or local law, ordinance, or regulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-autoplay=\"true\" data-delay=\"2\" data-effect=\"fade\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"673\" height=\"449\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-49917\" data-id=\"49917\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/h1.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/h1.png 673w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/h1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"528\" height=\"293\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-49918\" data-id=\"49918\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/h2.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/h2.png 528w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/h2-300x166.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"654\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-49919\" data-id=\"49919\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/h4-1024x654.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/h4-1024x654.png 1024w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/h4-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/h4-768x490.png 768w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/h4.png 1294w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-49920\" data-id=\"49920\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/h5-1024x576.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/h5-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/h5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/h5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/h5-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/h5.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This current Lee County Commissioner knows better but he believes he\u2019s above the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This isn\u2019t a bombshell since most of the Lee County staff already know about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can\u2019t prove it yet but this Commissioner has even retaliated against at least one former employee, fostered a toxic workplace that enabled the&nbsp;harassment, and created a hostile work environment. Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This conduct will corrode the very fabric and character of our Lee County government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The people that the Commissioner has harassed are afraid of him. We wonder why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are sure on one thing that this Commissioner will deny this misbehavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee County Harassment Policy Manual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leegov.com\/hr\/Policy%20Manual\/202.pdf\">Click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editorial Harassment by the Lee County Commissioner includes unwanted groping, kissing, hugging, and inappropriate sitting on subordinate\u2019s desk and even making comments directed toward current and former employees and even&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":49917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49916"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49921,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49916\/revisions\/49921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}