Key Documents You’ll Need for Your Workplace Harassment Case
Since 1975, Palmintier, Thrower, and Treuting Injury Attorneys has provided dedicated personal injury representation to families in Baton Rouge.
Updated: November 11, 2026
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Harassment claims depend heavily on paper. The employer will produce its own file, so the documents you gather yourself often supply what that file leaves out.
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A dated incident log. Write down each incident as soon as it happens, including the date, location, what was said or done, and who was present. Entries made close in time are far more credible than a summary written months later.
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Copies of every complaint you made. Emails to a supervisor, messages to HR, and hotline reports show that the employer was on notice. If you complained verbally, send a short follow-up email confirming the conversation.
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The employer’s responses. Save acknowledgment emails, investigation notices, and any decision letter. Silence matters too, so note the dates when a complaint went unanswered.
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Texts, chats, and social media messages from the harasser. Screenshots should show the sender, the date, and the full message thread. Harassment increasingly happens outside the office, and those messages can be the most direct evidence in the case.
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The employee handbook and harassment policy. These documents describe how complaints were supposed to be handled. A gap between the written policy and what actually happened is often central to the claim.
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Performance reviews and pay records. Records from before and after your complaint help show whether you were punished for speaking up, which can support a separate retaliation claim.
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Names of witnesses. List coworkers who saw incidents, heard comments, or received similar treatment. You do not need their statements yet; identifying them early is enough.
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Medical and counseling records. Anxiety, sleep problems, and other effects of harassment are documented through treatment. These records support a claim for emotional harm and non-economic damages.
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Partner Michael C. Palmintier has chaired the Baton Rouge Bar Association’s Court Liaison and Inter-professional Cooperation Committees and is a member of the Alliance for Judicial Excellence. Partner Jason Thrower is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and litigates in Louisiana’s state and federal courts. Partner Joshua Michael Palmintier has taken part in the Bar Association’s Belly Up with the Bar charity events. Our case results include more than 20 recoveries of $1 million or more across the firm’s practice areas.
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