My job is not my friend

Hi everyone, I was having a pretty good day until HR called me. Yes they granted me a 1/2 day every week for the next three months so I can handle doctors appts, etc (I would take full days but I'm out of leave and everything I take from here on out is LWOP).

My doctor attached an accomodations letter for when I'm here because there are certain things I have to be careful of while trying to get through this Lyme craze.

They said they WON'T accomodate the letter and I'm expected to work 100% while I am here and they won't grant me a telework day because its not in their policy.

Under ADA whether a company has a telework policy or not a person can be granted this as an accomodation.

The woman in the HR dept I have deal with make me so upset at times that I feel spasms coming out of no where and twitches in my hands.

I don't know what to do. I feel so stuck because I need the income for me and my son and the benefits but I feel like they aren't following the law.

I just had to vent...crying in my cube right now...

Peace and healing to everyone.

Sending you hugs! I am so sorry that your going through all of this.

To have an illness that is so debilating and having to prove it over and over, especially with employers can be such a nightmare.

I went through months and months of dealing with my disability department, they made it so stressful. I was finally laid off after 8 months of being on leave. It was a blessing, but it was also a hard loss.

Do they have an employee assistance area that you can contact? I don't know if they can help you or not? Maybe call a lawyer and see if you can ask a few questions on what your options are?

I don't have any clear answers or advice, just that I am hoping and praying that they work with you. The extra stress is not what you need.

Take care

http://www.dol.gov/wecanhelp/howtofilecomplaint.htm

Department of labor, there is a phone number on this page. I would call it. Explain the situation. Don't mention lyme of course but that you have a medical condition and drs. note and employer has verbally stated that they will not accomodate you or the note. If I remember you did get granted Short term disability. So I would make sure to mention that. See what they say. If nothing else they can probably point you in the right direction.

Guaranteed if your employer gets a call/investigation from the DOL...my guess is they will leave you alone.

I don't understand this about employers. What a bunch of jerks. I was so lucky...for 2 months I was literally doing 30% of my workload...thats all I could physically/mentally do. My bosses/coworkers didn't give me any hassle. Now that I'm feeling better...I'm coming in on the weekends to make up for it, as I feel I should - I got paid those months anyway. That is what happens when employers treat their employees well. So sad.

Sending you happy thoughts Ms. Serena.

Thanks everyone I needed this. I called my friend who is a civil rights attorney and she is looking into it. She said they are bullying me and making unrealistic demands knowing that I'm healing from Lyme.

Don you're right, I shouldn't have to fight anything else.

I wasn't granted short term but I'm under FMLA to take a half day every week.

My boss is so scared of upper management that she doesn't want to accomodate me unless they say so. We could have kept things between us and our team. It's all around messed up. But its okay...because God watches over His children and sees everything!

My day is coming and when it does I will win! I will be totally healed and at a work place or school that appreciates me.

Thank you for the love everyone. I cracked earlier (and I was starting to herx from the Bart treatment and testing I had done on my inner ear today).

Blessings.