Legal Question in Criminal Law in Michigan

My wife worked for a large retailer in Michigan as a manager. In 2009 her boss grabbed her by the arm and told her to "just f-ing do it" about changing a table. She did not report it at the time. A few months later in 2010 she was in a car accident and severely injured her foot and was told by the treating Doctor at the hospital to stay off it until it healed (4-6 weeks estimated) so she called off from work. The next day I got a phone call from her boss saying he needed to talk to her I work her up and told her JOE was on the speaker phone, he told her she had 2 days to get back to work or she would be fired. I told him and her she can take as much time as she wants because she can't walk, he insisted HIS boss told him this and in fear of her job she went back to work and worked in a walking cast on her feet for 10 hours per day. She was eventually demoted, then left the company.
So the question is - Did her boss commit a crime (such as assault or something else) by forcing her to work on a "injured" foot causing permanent periodic pain in that foot?
She does not care about money as much as holding both her bosses accountable for the assault and forcing her to work injured.

Asked on 6/26/14, 4:32 pm

Neil O'Brien Eaton County Special Assistant Prosecuting Attorney

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No, those facts ('forcing her to work on an injured foot') are not an assault.

Answered on 6/27/14, 5:31 am

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