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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / August 2005otp:termination for disability
HI everyone I know I haven't posted din a long time. I started work and was really getting settled in and I was called to the office and was fired. The only excuse that was given is that my skills are not what they needed to be. Well I came to the job with high recommendations and references. She had the guts to tell me I did not know anything about a medical office. That floored me since I have worked in medical offices for over 4 years. Anyways the only thing I can think of is that they found out that I have RA and lupus. How they found this out was that I saw one of their doctors this last Tuesday for a sinus infection and I listed my meds and I listed my medical history. The doc even asked me about it as well. I never called in and I was never late not even once. The only thing I can think of is that she and the doctors had a meeting yesterday and I could over hear some of the things that were said and I first thought they were talking about someone else but now I realize it was about me. I am very very upset about this and I am wondering if anyone else out there has had to file a discrimination suit? I hope everyone is doing well and is healthy!!!! Hugs from RhondaM You can only file discrimination if they told you that you were being fired because of your illness. Since they said it was your skills, they have basically covered their a.ses. > HI everyone I know I haven't posted din a long time. I started work and was > really getting settled in and I was called to the office and was fired. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > I hope everyone is doing well and is healthy!!!! > Hugs from RhondaM > You can only file discrimination if they told you that you were being > fired because of your illness. Since they said it was your skills, they > have basically covered their a.ses. That depends. I'd consult an attourney or two about this. Noone here is really qualified to answer this question definitively. >> HI everyone I know I haven't posted din a long time. I started work >> and was really getting settled in and I was called to the office and [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >> I hope everyone is doing well and is healthy!!!! >> Hugs from RhondaM  Signaturespammage trappage: remove the underscores to reply I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. Complications in hospital following this resulted in a serious illness. I now need a bone marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor: http://www.abmdr.org.au/ http://www.marrow.org/ > You can only file discrimination if they told you that you were being > fired because of your illness. Since they said it was your skills, they > have basically covered their a.ses. Not necessarily true. Firstly, if you have enough exemplary reviews from previous job, combined with statements of satisfaction at this job (like continued employment after a trial period), you can build a case under the ADA. Even the contradictory statement of not knowing anything about a medical office can be used as evidence. You need a lawyer who really specializes in this; not just any Personal Injury atty. And it never is an easy fight. It will take some perseverance. Furthermore, IIRC, a few state's have their own version of the ADA which are even stricter and give the disabled more rights to sue (or at least allow more evidence or shift the burden of proof to the employer to show the firing was *not* because of the disability). Only a local atty can tell you that. Call local/regional offices for disability rights for referral to atty. Adelle (a family law atty in her incarnation before children) Thank you. Good advice. I have contacted a attorney and he is doing research on this . I do not really want to make money off of this. I want to make a point. The only monitory amount I want is lost pay between jobs. >> You can only file discrimination if they told you that you were being >> fired because of your illness. Since they said it was your skills, they [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Adelle (a family law atty in her incarnation before children) > Thank you. Good advice. I have contacted a attorney and he is doing > research on this . I do not really want to make money off of this. I want > to make a point. The only monitory amount I want is lost pay between jobs. And paid COBRA!!!!!!! <evil grin> And outplacement costs, like printing resumes, travel expenses to job fairs and interviews, relocation costs if a new job means moving.... (well maybe not relocation expenses) ;-) aha... the attorney said I really haven't seen all my damages yet. I guess gas expense to drive to interviews would be acceptable too. >> Thank you. Good advice. I have contacted a attorney and he is doing >> research on this . I do not really want to make money off of this. I want [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > to job fairs and interviews, relocation costs if a new job means > moving.... (well maybe not relocation expenses) ;-) |
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