Does my friend have a case for personal grievance?
I'm writing on behalf of a friend (21F) who I'll call V.
V works at a fast food chain under a boss who owns the store she works at - I'll call the boss P (Male, ~50's). V has worked for P for a little over a year.
For some background, P is incredibly unprofessional and has groomed V into accepting a variety of extremely abusive practices. He does the 'usual' shitty fast food boss behaviours: he's a massive cheapskate and won't fix equipment to the detriment of staff safety, he calls people repeatedly on their days off until they give in to working, he rosters people on days/hours that they've explicitly stated they can't work, he makes employees work double-shifts (12+ hours) completely solo. He bribes his employees into working 10+ hours of overtime each week with the promise of promotion - then will 'promote' people to positions with made-up titles without giving them a pay increase. He's also a complete bigot. For example, P makes derogatory comments about V's race and size, and sends her messages about her colleagues that are homophobic and racist. P makes frequent sexual comments towards V and her female colleagues, many of whom are underage. V desperately wants to leave, but due to her circumstances she can't. P knows this and (i believe) knowingly exploits the fact that she and her colleagues are financially dependent on him.
That history brings me to this recent event - I'm sharing just what V told me. V recently became pregnant. She told this to a colleague, as they are close friends. Word spread around to another colleague, who ended up telling P that V is pregnant. P came into the store while V was working, with just one other employee present. P was drunk, and holding a can of an alcoholic drink. He approached V and yelled at her that she needs to get an abortion, and then threw the contents of the drink at her implying that'll 'fix the issue'. He continued to harass her until she said that she'll get an abortion. She hasn't - she wants the baby and her boss has no business sharing his opinion about what she does with her body - but still hasn't told P this. P believes she got the abortion - but soon enough he's going to find out that she's still pregnant, as she'll have to get maternity leave.
Is there any legal recourse for this? There was a witness, and V still has all the previous messages that indicate he is otherwise abusive. The incident will also be on CCTV (unless P has disabled this - wouldn't be surprised). She's too scared to do anything that'll jeopardise her income, but something needs to change, right?? Is there anything we can do? I've encouraged V to film/record every time he's around, and screenshot the messages - but what good is the evidence if we can't do anything?