A former employee of the Truisist bank filed a complaint against the company, saying that its director thought he was Child game To boast her by placing a Crisp Douped on his chair during the training.
Debra Jones alleges that the farce has undergone her a serious panic crisis and claims that she needs weeks of medical leave after the blow features the Chucky doll, known to the Child game deductible of horror movies.
Jones accused the director, identified as Matthew Korr, of the traumatization deliberately and allegedly alleged that she had been discriminated against because of her medical conditions, in particular “a major depressive disorder, a generalized anxiety disorder and an autoimmune vitiligo disorder”, according to legal documents obtained by people.
She said that her employer knew that she had these medical conditions and that the incident had taken place in June 2024, during her last week of New Hire training.
Jones said that she had said to her manager that she had a paralyzing fear of the dolls, so he had thrown her into a complete panic mode when he placed “the doll that kills people, in the applicant’s office chair”.
According to the trial brought in the county of Nash, Jones said that the actions of his manager had interfered with his training and aggravated his state of health. She added that the manager laughed when he saw his reaction to see the doll on his chair.
Jones was treated by a medical supplier on the same day as the farce and put on medical leave for eight weeks after receiving a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (SSPT), according to court documents.
When Jones returned to work in August 2024, she said that she had been assigned to a new manager and said that there were continuous problems with her, including an incident when the manager made a joke in front of her and other team members that she was “always vigilant fraudulent” after Jones discovered a fraudulent check.
Jones said that she had found that the joke was offensive and supported in the complaint that she had been treated differently from the other team members when she made mistakes and alleged that the treatment was based on her handicap.
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The complaint noted another incident in January 2025, while another truisist manager would have told Jones that his accommodation to leave work at 3 p.m. three times a week for the treatment of his autoimmune disorder affected other employees who needed free time.
The manager would have told Jones that work might not be a good choice for her and that she could not continue to use her “emotional and anxious problems as an excuse”. The complaint alleys that the director suggested that Jones would be dismissed if she did not improve.
Jones allegedly alleged that she had suffered panic attacks after the meeting with the director and had been interrupted for the treatment of her handicap.
In March, Jones said that his employer informed him to take his personal effects at the office.
Jones continues the Triste bank for emotional distress and discrimination under the Americans Act with disabilities. It requires compensation for lost wages, emotional pain and mental anxiety for an unpertured quantity.
A similar situation took place in the United Kingdom in May When an NHS worker received nearly 30,000 pounds ($ 55,000 C) After being compared to Star Wars evil Dark Vader At the work of a former colleague.
Lorna Rooke said that a colleague took a Star Wars-The personality test on the theme of Myers-Briggs in his name which compares the participants to one of the characters in the franchise.
Rooke, an employee of the blood donation bank, received Dark Vader – the Lord of the Sith widely considered as one of the most powerful and hated bad guys of the franchise – as her personality doppelganger, but said that she was not present when her colleague, Amanda Harber, took the quiz for herself, saying that she had left the room to answer a personal telephone call. Harber then released the results among their colleagues.
A employment court in Croydon, London, judged that the incident was “damage” because it harmed Rooke and having affected it negatively The BBC reported.
Following the quiz, Rooke was made to feel largely hated, which contributed to his weak mood and led him to feel anxious at work, the court discovered.
She won the prejudicial case and was compensated for 28,989.62 pounds, which is equivalent to $ 53,288.76 CA.
– With global news’ Rachel Goodman files
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