Re: Re: Shari, medical leave

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If all an attorney could do is make your employer hold your job for you, is it really worth it to fight to keep a job at a place where they obviously don't care about their employees? When I told the HR dept at work that I needed to take medical leave, I mysteriously got fired a couple of days later. I just took it as a sign that I didn't need to be there anyway if they cared so little about my well being. Just my two cents...

From: " Pam " <nannapam3103@...>

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Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 17:41:53 -0000

Subject: Re: Shari, medical leave

Shari, you have the right to be off for 12 weeks (I think) under the

Federal Family Medical Leave Act. I think that's what it's called -

brain fog is terrible! Anyway, you can have your leave " protected "

by FMLA and your employer has to hold your position as long as you're

back to work within the time frame which I think is 60 work days or

12 weeks. I had to do it several times when I worked at State Farm.

I was there for over 14 years and took FMLA leave several times. I

ran out of protected leave and was terminated because of my illness.

I'm suing for wrongful termination but it doesn't look promising.

Anyway, I think I'm telling you everything right, but it's been a

while and my brain doesn't work too well. You can ask someone in the

personnel office or if you have a medical department they will know.

Maybe someone else here knows more about it too.

Pam

> hi everyone.

> Finally got caught up on all of my posts - I have been feeling so

bad lately

> it is hard to keep track. I finally dropped the " medical leave "

bomb at my job

> on Monday - it didn't go over very well but I had no choice - I

feel like I

> am going to end up passing out every day as I am hurting, dizzy and

fatiqued.

> I wish I had more caring bosses like iggy and the others but I

don't. It kind

> of hurts that people don't care about their employees anymore. I

requested

> the 3 months leave along with a doctors note on Monday and by This

morning they

> had my job posted all over the office! never even mentioned that I

wouldn't

> be able to come back to it. they did this without telling anyone

in the office

> what was going on now everyone is asking if I quit! I said - no, I

am going

> on short term medical leave and they can't believe my bosses

either! are they

> allowed to do that? just curiuos as I thought that they could not

legally

> fire me for taking medical leave with a doctors note but it sure

looks that way.

> My boss wouldn't even say a word to me today - as if I got sick on

purpose!

> I just don't get it. Maybe I should consult an atty. I called our

local

> EEOC before I gave them the notice to see what my rights were and

they weren't

> much help - didn't seem to have a clue. Oh well, i really didn't

want to go

> back there as they are so harsh and stressful but it is gonna be

hard if I am

> denied disability - I don't know how we will make ends meet. guess

I will wait

> and see. health and family come first!

>

> I got some of the bloodwork back - one of the ANA tests were normal

which I

> find hard to believe with all of illnesses but they are still

waiting on a few

> more. My hand/finger problem had gotten severely worse - I can't

figure out

> what it is. It used to be in the morning my hands were numb and

stiff but now

> they are hurting all the way up to my elbows and it lasted most of

the day.

> they are not really swollen - just stiff and sore. It was hard

typing at work

> today it was so bad. mymedical leave starts on Monday (for 3

months

> initially) and I can't wait to get all of the stress from work out

from underneath me

> so I can focus on getting better - it seemed like I was running

myself into the

> ground. I haven't been doing a lot of " hard core " detoxing and

cleansing as

> I had to work everday and saved the weekends for my two year old.

I guess now

> my question is where do I start? I have done the garlic, fungal

defense,

> coconut oil, and black walnut all along but in small amounts. I

know I need to

> do a coffee enema and some serious colon and liver cleansing but am

not sure

> what to do first. I am always constipated - maybe it is the

candida or the

> methadone or a combo., so I know I need to start there. I bought a

product my

> local heath store recommended called " ultimate cleanse " which is a

two part

> program for whole body cleansing. has anyone tried this? it is

made by natures

> secret. maybe I wasted my money... do I do the program then the

coffee enema to

> flush the toxins? I know we have been through this before but it

is hard to

> remember and I want to do things in the proper order and not do tto

much or too

> little. I am so tired of being sick - now that I am going to be

home I am

> ready to hit it full force! jusr looking for the best way to get

it going.

> thanks for your help!!!

>

> love

> shari