I (21M) was accused of physically assaulting my coworker (17F) after some drama went down between her and my girlfriend. There were several people there who saw nothing happened and backed me up to management. Management called me today and said they found no evidence of me doing anything wrong. However at the beginning of the “investigation” they sent me home for the day without pay, and I was asked to stay home for 2 more days after that.
I assumed that when they found that the girl had made this up in order to get back at my girlfriend and try to get me fired, they would fire her… they did not.
Is there any sort of recourse for this? I didn’t lose my job so I don’t think I really have any legal standing, but wondering if there are US or (MI) State laws that prohibit this behavior, or is it just up to my restaurants rule book? I’m really not interested in working with this person any more but I really need this job at least for another month.