MENDOTA HEIGHTS — Dakota County authorities have charged a St. Paul woman who they say beat her boss over the head with a piece of metal.

Twenty-five-year-old Waasohn Dorliae was charged Thursday with second-degree assault. Authorities say her supervisor at a metal finishing plant in Mendota Heights told her on Oct. 30 she likely wouldn’t have a job the next day because she was late to her shift.

Authorities say she repeatedly hit her boss in the head and face with a one-pound metal plate with a sharp edge that had been lying nearby. They say he suffered multiple cuts to his face and head before falling to the ground.

Authorities say Dorliae admitted to beating her boss. A message seeking comment was left with Dorliae’s public defender Friday afternoon.