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Even worse - anon

Posted: Apr 30th, 2012 - 1:54 pm In Reply to: Similar happened to me years ago - MT2

I had a friend who worked in-house at a hospital when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She was told she had to work a little bit longer to quailty for Long-term disability but the supervisor made it impossible for her to achieve that. She had her fired claiming she was using pain medications while working. She had late stage metastatic breast cancer and this supevisor wouldn't help her get 2 more weeks in until her long term disability could kick in. She was fired.

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I was fired and now my former employer is fighting my unemployment! - SM (Views: 1061, 2012-04-30, 1:41 pm)
- Similar happened to me years ago - MT2 (Views: 372, 2012-04-30, 1:50 pm)
  - Even worse - anon
    - Typical American business plan: "Use 'em up and - then throw "em away..." (NM) (Views: 226, 2012-04-30, 2:02 pm)
  - Umm - isn't "caring for your child while working" the - whole selling point of at-home work? (Views: 291, 2012-04-30, 2:00 pm)
    - No, working from home is not the selling point - to care for your child...see msg (Views: 325, 2012-04-30, 2:16 pm)
      - But, at-home or on-site, your breaks are still required - by law. And even on-site, we - S/M (Views: 288, 2012-04-30, 2:21 pm)
        I wasn't referring to breaks I was referring to the - see msg (Views: 270, 2012-04-30, 2:32 pm)
        Your defense is going to be standard practice. EVERYONE, E-MAIL OP YOUR STATEMENT - about standard practice in this industry. SM (Views: 234, 2012-04-30, 7:25 pm)
        If she lives in an at-will employment - state (Views: 189, 2012-04-30, 8:19 pm)
        There was a thunderstorm going on at the time. I guess I could have said she's a big girl and - OP (Views: 199, 2012-05-01, 9:21 am)
        Length of walk irrelevant. At-will law does not exempt employers - from complying with other labor laws. But the big (Views: 163, 2012-05-01, 9:34 am)
        Not necessarily - BTDT (Views: 202, 2012-04-30, 7:21 pm)
        I understand what you're saying. However, we are told - OP (Views: 166, 2012-05-01, 9:04 am)
        BTDT makes good points - Ayn (Views: 140, 2012-05-01, 10:15 am)
- Re being fired and UE - sm (Views: 306, 2012-04-30, 2:01 pm)
  - There weren't any specific times we were required to take our breaks. - SM (Views: 245, 2012-04-30, 2:12 pm)
    - you need a lawyer - slave wages (Views: 146, 2012-05-01, 2:22 pm)
- Hmmm... - empire lady (Views: 263, 2012-04-30, 3:16 pm)
- Well... - AnonToo (Views: 254, 2012-04-30, 4:29 pm)
- Were you paid hourly or on production? - see message (Views: 212, 2012-04-30, 5:41 pm)
  - It was hourly. - OP (Views: 175, 2012-05-01, 8:57 am)
- THAT was your mistake. telling them where you really were. - me (Views: 223, 2012-04-30, 5:55 pm)
  - She worked for a hospital and usually they pay - pretty good hourly rates. (Views: 211, 2012-04-30, 6:00 pm)
- After reading all these posts, - I am counting my blessings! (Views: 222, 2012-04-30, 6:07 pm)
- My take - Ayn (Views: 186, 2012-05-01, 7:08 am)
  - I suspect falsifying documents refers to the timecard - OP was paid hourly (Views: 182, 2012-05-01, 9:11 am)
    - That's what I figured they meant, but how can they back that up when - OP (Views: 155, 2012-05-01, 9:28 am)
  - How can I be held accountable for rules that were never verbalized or written down for that matter? - OP (Views: 182, 2012-05-01, 9:12 am)
    - While you say this is unfair, - sm (Views: 187, 2012-05-01, 9:20 am)
      - Oh, and P.S. - sm (Views: 144, 2012-05-01, 9:22 am)
      - Infraction instead of infarction. - MT coming out in me. nm (Views: 153, 2012-05-01, 9:34 am)
    - I can see your point - Ayn (Views: 178, 2012-05-01, 9:38 am)
- well I'll just say this - anon (Views: 153, 2012-05-01, 4:48 pm)
- May I ask what you went to school for? - Ms. Penguin (Views: 137, 2012-05-01, 9:32 pm)
  - I'm finishing out my RHIT degree and medical coding. - OP (Views: 192, 2012-05-02, 8:51 am)