I am a 26 year old male with a situation on my hands. I was a victim of sexual harassment by a co-worker just recently. The female that violated me had a documented history of being verbally abusive. Along with verbally abusing me on two sepreate occasions in the same day, she then grabbed me in my private area while walking past me.
I went through all of the protocol and used the "chain-of-command" provided by my employer. It has been 3 days since I've reported this and I feel like they are trying to pacify the situation rather than rectify. Now the person, who has not issued a formal apology, can still work at the same store, just on different shifts. That means that I lose days as well!(I work full-time) They say that it's pretty much "he said-she-said" and that there's "really nothing there" as far as evidence to make it true. I want to know what my options are, any insight you might have, and what I can do to seek my version of justice? Thanx in advance.

Well, in he said/ she said situations it is hard to know who is telling the truth and who is lying. Being verbally abusive is a far cry from grabbing someone.

It has only been 3 days so it isn't clear that your employer won't take action. It also isn't clear that you are losing shifts yet. You aren't overlapping which is good. Your employer is only obligated to make sure it doesn't continue. While they can't penalize you, it isn't clear that they are just 3 days later.

Have you followed up on this?

I have no idea what your version of justice is. You can't make your employer fire her. If the conduct continues then you can file a claim for sexual harassment. If they do take adverse action against you, you can file one for retaliation.

Exactly what do you mean by overlapping?

As far as my shifts go, I have lost 2 days on my shift.
I had a follow-up with the DM of the store and he spoke on a 30-day investigation and that we would both contniue to work, just on seperate shifts.

You are not working at the same time as the person who harassed you. That is what I meant by overlapping.

Have you spoken to anyone about losing shifts? Is there a way that you can make up this time or the shifts can be arranged in such a way that you aren't missing hours? Technically your employer doesn't have to separate your shifts if they have some other method of ensuring she doesn't assault you again.

A 30 day investigation isn't that unreasonable. It sounds like they intend to do a thorough job, so as much as you want this to be resolved, you are going to need to allow your employer time to look into it.

ElleMD types faster than I do, and basically said the same thing that I was going to say.