So Aggravated...and ? about ADA

Hello, Everyone,

I am a good employee and I have excellent reviews.  Honest! LOL  I am telling the truth.  Well.......I have been flaring and I hurt my back.  I have a great boss, but her boss is a jerk. If I sit for longer than an hour at my computer, I get so stiff, I can barely walk.  So...every hour or hour and a half, I walk to another dept and deliver my "stuff" or I grab a cup of cofee, or take the long way to the ladies room.  The jerk told my boss today that I get up from my desk too much. I am already walking with a cane, My back is a mess since I fell. What the H E double toothpicks.  I was wondering if this might be considered an accomodation under the ADA.  I get my work done, and I have excellent reviews...highest in our dept. So, what do you all think?  I was ticked off, so I sent an email to HR tonight.  I have FMLA in place, and they know I have RA.  I asked them for something to put in my file that said it was okay for me to get up and walk around every hour and a half or so. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.  Honest opinions???

That is great news.

I really wasn't sure how to respond to your question because I have not had to worry about that at my job. My job is very laid back and my boss even more so. Whether its a busy day or a slow one, I can sit, stand, walk around or take small breaks. Its been so long since I've worked any where else that I have forgotten that my job is the exception not the norm.

Anyway, I am glad that HR is backing you up. Its nice to know that you are valued and safe within your position at that company.

Hope you are not experiencing more aches and pains with the worrying over this.

hi Vannie

Sorry you have this to deal with as well, i know Nothing about your system over there so i am no help But i know here in Australia they Cannot hassel you if you have a disabiity especilly if you are doing your job,

 However i have known of cases where they either move the person to an area they hate or simply make life so bad they Quit.

i know before i was diagnosed RA i hurt my back when nursing and i was rather naive and did as i was told (not Now lol) But i was hurt and wanted to go to Doctor they made me sign a form before i could go - it was to let them off hook,

Also when the doctor gave me weeks off they did not put in the paperwork to the workers compensation and i got no wages when i asked they said either return to full time work or Quit so i Quit

 then 2 weeks latter i get a visit from the workers comp man and the first thing he said was " whatever you do dont sign anything and Dont Quit" Ha Too late. as it turned out i only had a few more years of working anyway before the RA killed it. but i learnt a lesson and Try to help others not make same mistake

even now when i get flare ups the first place to give me trouble is the places in my back i originaly hurt, i was helping a "Large" Lady to stand up and she pulled backwards and my back litterly went ping-ping-ping and i had done the 3 discs neck thoracic and Lumbar. And now with the Oesteoporosis in spine those are the discs that rupture.

So i guess what im getting at is regardless of the Rules if an Employer is a Rat they will find a way around it so You Need to Know All your Rights. and be asertive make sure you use All the protections avalible to you.

and yeh i know how Bad Sitting is the only way i can sit for any time is in a recliner chair so my legs are up, another thought can you get a good chair or have your legs elevated somehow?