Assaulted by my boss during a medical episode
I am located in England.
On Thursday 14th May i experienced an absence seizures while talking to my boss. She is aware that I have them as I had recently told her that I need to see a neurologist soon and may need to have some time off work for that reason. For some reason she decided that I had instantly fallen into a deep sleep and began to shout at me, when this didn’t bring me round she began hitting me until I came out of the seizure. I was very confused and disoriented and she continued to shout at me, and said that I was putting people in danger. For context I care for her son who has a lot of health issues, one being epilepsy.
I was quite distressed and tried to walk away from her but she followed me around and continued t shout at me which was very intimidating. I the. Tried to leave the premises but my colleague convinced me to stay, I went and sat outside for a few minutes to calm down, my colleague came out to me and checked I was ok and was very sweet but my boss didn’t say anything. When I asked her why she assaulted me she told me I was being ridiculous and stupid. She hasn’t offered any kind of apology.
I have spent the last year working anything from 50 to 90 hour weeks caring for her son to help her out and I feel so disheartened. I also don’t want to just forget about this, has anyone got any advice for me? Thanks in advance.