i was a supervisor at my job. I was slapped in the face by an employee in front of several other people. Management refused to do anything about it and threatened me to be quiet about it. When I told them I was going to the corporate office about it, the immediately demoted me. Also, I sprained my right bicep muscle and tendon while practiceing for my works softball team. I was put on light duty but for the past two months, my employer refuses to find me light duty work. So I have been receiving extended sick leave pay which comes to less then half my pay. Does anyone know if I have any basis for a lawsuit against my employer and if so where can I find the laws that help me. Thanks ya'll for taking the time to read this and respond.

No you can't sue your employer for either case. You can file charges for assault against the employee who slapped you, but your employer isn't obligated to fire them and reporting such an act isn't protected by law. While t is really rotten of them to demote you if that was truly the reason, it isn't breaking any laws that I can see.

If you were on the softball team voluntarily, WC would not pay for th injury. Neither is your employer required to offer light duty and if they do, they may limit it's duration, particularly for non-WC incidents. Two months on light duty sounds reasonable. Actually, it sounds like a long time for a sprain, but your recovery is between you and your doctor. Technically they wouldn't have to pay you to be off at all, so I'd be thankful that you have extended sick leave that pays even part of your salary.

I would still mention it to "corporate" however.

If they have already demoted you, you have nothing to lose.

I did mention it and an attorney for Corporate came to investigate but they still did nothing about it. Even though several people told her that they saw everything. I know that if a woman was slapped by a man this never would have happened.

Your "knowing" that it would have been handled differently if the circumstances were different does not provide you with legal recourse. You need a lot more than "well, I think if the genders had been reversed they would have done such and such" before you can support a discrimination claim.

The fact remains that you do not know what action was taken and they do not have to tell you that.

Just curious...did you report the assault to the police? Just because it happened at work does not mean that only your employer can handle the situation.