Even if it was called “it”, that doesn’t necessarily constitute a hostile work environment, especially since the it wasn’t really even in the environment. Basically, it looks like a standard 3rd party contract termination. I assume, possibly incorrectly, that the “it” would rather be called “it” than “him”, although…

I think the petitioner has a large hurdle to climb. Right off the get go the attorney is going to have to prove he is an employee, that in itself could be difficult. It’s apparent from the limited facts that the contractor wasn’t fired because of getting his junk sliced off, but was a result of voicing an issue with…