Third of Surveyed US Court Staff Report Bad Behavior at Work (1)

March 31, 2025, 5:36 PM UTCUpdated: March 31, 2025, 6:50 PM UTC

More than a third of surveyed judiciary employees reported experiencing at least one instance of inappropriate behavior in the workplace, while roughly 8% reported harassment or abuse, according to a new report.

The judiciary’s 17-page national workplace conduct survey, released Monday, reported that more than 1,100 judiciary employees who responded said they experienced “discriminatory harassment, employment discrimination, or abusive conduct.”

More than 10% of those who responded to the survey from federal defenders’ offices recounted experiencing wrongful conduct. Of the 2,325 people who work in judges’ chambers who responded, 4.6% said they’d experienced that sort of conduct at work. ...

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