Cussing at Work: Where “Authentic” Meets “HR Nightmare”

About this episode

Jenny and Sarah discuss the legal implications of swearing at work and how it intersects with workplace culture.

Send us Fan Mail This week, Jenny and Sarah tackle a topic that somehow manages to be both extremely relatable and extremely lawsuit-y: swearing at work. It starts with a law update that made both of them do a double take. Turns out, “letting an F-word fly” at work is no longer just a culture question. In some cases, it is a legal one. And in 2024 and 2025, the courts made that line a lot thinner than it used to be. What’s inside this episode: [05:32] Why swearing can make you seem more...

People in this episode

Hosts: Jenny, Sarah

Topics covered

• swearing at work
• work culture
• legal implications of swearing
• authenticity in the workplace

Keywords

• HR nightmare
• law update
• F-word
• 2024
• 2025

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Books & works: Authentic

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