My question involves unemployment benefits for the state of: California
On April 23, 2008 I slipped through oil that had leaked from the machining area of the shop to the back office and subsequently suffered a fracture in my right foot. My Supervisor told my co-worker to drive me to my own Hospital instead of the Workers Comp Facility in order to cut costs for the company. Needless to say it's been an uphill battle to get my workers compensation benefits paid to me. It's been 7 weeks since my fracture and I finally got the Ok from my Doctor to go back to work. In any case, between the time I broke my foot and now there has been several instances of communication between both my Supervisor and the General Planner of the facility as well as between those two and my boyfriend who also works at the facility.
Both the Supervisor and the General Planner came off hostile and very angry that I filed for workers compensation instead of being paid under the table. They both have expressed to my boyfriend I will not be treated the same way when I return. The General Planner as accused me of "hating vietnamese" and that's supposedly why I filed for workers compensation instead of being paid under the table. I happen to be Chinese, however I AM an American, I was born and raised here in America and thus, have ethics of such. The Supervisor has not given me my paycheck and has accused me of even not going to a legitimate Doctor (2 other people were in the room when this occurred) and that if I went to a real Doctor all the paperwork would have been done. SHe also said outloud to me while the other co-workers in the room "because you decided to file for workers comp and do it the american white way, you have to wait for your paycheck." I went to a foot and ankle specialist to ensure my foot was healed using my OWN insurance because they have not been forthcoming with their workers compensation insurance information.
Can I quit and file for unemployment due to hostile work environment? I am more stressed out now that I haven't had a paycheck in 8 weeks (even though I am entitled to a paycheck due to workers compensation benefits) and that she is accusing me of lying and treating me quite differently than before I filed for the workers compensation. I get migraines on a daily basis now because of how she is treating me, making me stay to do overtime, and treating me like a second class citizen because of my moral actions.

