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Scenario: corrupt work enviroment reported sexual harassment and workplace harassment....?

I have worked for a MAJOR company for just under a year. Since I started I have dealt with workplace harassment. It started out with a sort of workplace bullying and with each passing day it progressively got worse and worse. I have taken notes from day 1 about the things going on. Besides the obvious third party sexual harassment, work place bullying, and unprofessional behavior there has been several violations of the law and of the company code of conduct. I made several report inside my office to all levels of management; first my immediate supervisor then her supervisor and then her supervisor...nothing was done. Finally I reported it to HR and the next day I received a threat from one of the employees via internet communication (the threat was made during working hours I was off work that day but the employee who threatened me was not). I did a screen print and saved it to a word document (I doubled clicked on my lap top clock to pop up the clock in the screen before I did the screen print to show the time and date of the screen print). I have been in and out of the doctor because of this. My doctor diagnosed me with anxiety and depression as a result of this. My weight has yo-yo'ed, I have constant headaches and nausea, I get shaky, I just burst into tears over the slightest things (I started crying over a Rice Crispy commercial) and I'm not an emotional person at all and no I'm not pregnant. HR refused to relocate me to a different office (there are 16 offices in the county I work in) during the investigation. I told them I feared for my saftey due to the threats and they said they cannot relocate me because if they did it for me they could do it for anyone and as of right now all I have are allegations. I told them I had notes, proof of conversations, proof of the threat; they still said if you don't go to work you will be fired. I talked to my doctor and he agrees my symptoms are due to stress from this whole ongoing harassment and situation. So he put me on temporary disability. Well my last paycheck was only 75% of my normal salary. Turns out my "coding" was changed to part time the day after I reported the harassment and when I called to find out about my pay they also told me "oh also as a part time employee you aren't eligible for short term disability pay". They also told me my manager has to open a claim to get me back pay for the hours I worked and didn't get paid. I asked my manager to open a claim but she didn't and now she is on vacation. All I wanted was to be able to go to work and do my job without being harassed and now all these problems have started...what am I supposed to do? I can't afford an attorney I'm not getting paid at the moment! To summarize: They violated the whistleblower confidentiality They changed me from a full time status to part time status without consent or even notification so they don't have to pay me short term disability They are making me pay out of pocket for my medical bills as apart of my disability claim (they are not allowing me to use my insurance) They are not protecting me under the whistleblower law They aren't paying me for hours worked

Public Comments

1. Quit working. An office? Third party sexual harassment? What is worth this thing? A bunch of money? You belong somewhere else. How about married, decorating the interior, tending the garden, collecting duck eggs. Sticking it to the man!
2. contact a lawyer, it doesn't cost anything to have your case reviewed and if they feel you have a case they won't charge you until and if you get paid
3. Wow... I mean Wow ! you leave out all of the facts, and that makes thing hard to judge. What does obvious third party sexual harassment mean ? What were the threats on your computer. Temporary disability is not up to your employer. it is up to the workers comp doctor, they are suppose to send you to. and not your doctor, unfortunately What a mess !!