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roguecommander
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What is the name of your state? Georgia
I was recently assualted by the assistant manager where I work. This was the culimnation of nearly three months of a hostile work environment condition. I was constantly verbally harassed by her for various reasons, and for the most part attempted to approach the conditions through the store/company management (as attempting to deal without on my own did not work).
This past weekend I was slapped four times, beyond playfully but not to what I would consider assault, because she wanted me to move, and then forcefully shoved when I refused to move.
After the store had closed she spent over an hour using what I consider loudly yelling what I would consider racial and derrogatory statements. She is African American and I am caucasian. For a considerable amount of time I was the only caucasion employee at the store.
She began to call me stupid and as such I closed the door to the backroom as I did not want to hear her. She opened it a few minutes later and once started to say other things, I went to once again close it, however it did not touch her in any way nor was it forceful as it has a device on it that closes it evenly over several seconds. She forcefully slammed the door back, causing my elbow to strike the wall and my hand to hyper-extend. I spent three hours at the Emergency Room, however my arm/wrist is not broken, it is sprained and bruised. I am in a great deal of pain however and am unable to work as the duties include a great deal of lifting and moving items (I am also left-handed and my left wrist is the one injured).
I have filed assault charges and under the advice of the police officer filed for a warrent. What else should I do? Should I contact a lawyer. I have spoken with the District Manager and given him a statement, but I do not know if I should continue to approach it in that manner.
Thank you.
I was recently assualted by the assistant manager where I work. This was the culimnation of nearly three months of a hostile work environment condition. I was constantly verbally harassed by her for various reasons, and for the most part attempted to approach the conditions through the store/company management (as attempting to deal without on my own did not work).
This past weekend I was slapped four times, beyond playfully but not to what I would consider assault, because she wanted me to move, and then forcefully shoved when I refused to move.
After the store had closed she spent over an hour using what I consider loudly yelling what I would consider racial and derrogatory statements. She is African American and I am caucasian. For a considerable amount of time I was the only caucasion employee at the store.
She began to call me stupid and as such I closed the door to the backroom as I did not want to hear her. She opened it a few minutes later and once started to say other things, I went to once again close it, however it did not touch her in any way nor was it forceful as it has a device on it that closes it evenly over several seconds. She forcefully slammed the door back, causing my elbow to strike the wall and my hand to hyper-extend. I spent three hours at the Emergency Room, however my arm/wrist is not broken, it is sprained and bruised. I am in a great deal of pain however and am unable to work as the duties include a great deal of lifting and moving items (I am also left-handed and my left wrist is the one injured).
I have filed assault charges and under the advice of the police officer filed for a warrent. What else should I do? Should I contact a lawyer. I have spoken with the District Manager and given him a statement, but I do not know if I should continue to approach it in that manner.
Thank you.