Harassment that creates a hostile work environment must offensive. In addition, in order to conclude that a hostile environment has been created, a court must determine that:

A supervisor took a tangible employment action against the employee in order to establish a hostile work environment.

The conduct created an undue hardship on the employee.

The workplace was permeated with discriminatory intimidation, ridicule, and insult that is severe or pervarive in order to establish a hostile work environment.