Process v. Legal Requirement

[Team Work]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California

While on the job recently, my boss got angry and pushed me. Not hard but he still pushed me. Later the same day, I e-mailed my boss's boss to tell her I planned to file a complaint against my boss but I wanted to fill her in on things first. When I spoke to her the next day, it was very clear that she had already called my boss to get his side of the story, before ever talking to me. In my experience, when something like this happens the accuser should tell their side of the story first. That is not what happened here since they spoke to my boss first. My question, is talking to the accuser first required by law or is it simply a best practice?

Many thanks.

 

[Zigner]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California

While on the job recently, my boss got angry and pushed me. Not hard but he still pushed me. Later the same day, I e-mailed my boss's boss to tell her I planned to file a complaint against my boss but I wanted to fill her in on things first. When I spoke to her the next day, it was very clear that she had already called my boss to get his side of the story, before ever talking to me. In my experience, when something like this happens the accuser should tell their side of the story first. That is not what happened here since they spoke to my boss first. My question, is talking to the accuser first required by law or is it simply a best practice?

Many thanks.

Neither - the boss did was the boss should have done. The boss received notice of an incident and began investigating.

 

[dmcc10880]

Ok. Put yourself in the boss's boss position. If you called the boss's boss, you told your side of the story. They did the right thing by contacting your boss to get the other side. By the way, if he/she pushed you, it's called assault under CA PC240.

 

[cbg]

It is most certainly not a law. Whether or not it is a best practice depends on the situation. But I agree with Zigner in this case; she began an investigation of a report she had received, and such an investigation does not come with a mandated order of precedence.

I see absolutely nothing improper here.

 

[davew128]

Ok. Put yourself in the boss's boss position. If you called the boss's boss, you told your side of the story. They did the right thing by contacting your boss to get the other side. By the way, if he/she pushed you, it's called assault under CA PC240.

No its called battery PC242.