Guest guest Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 What about FMLA? Is this geared for small businesses? Kathy Re: Law and work , There is such a law. There is government created agency to help you with this and you can call and talk to someone. It is called Job Accomodation Network (JAN), they have a website, but their # is 1-. I wouldn't just quit right now since you have medical issues. Either push for an accomodation or look into taking short term disability until you know what your situation is. If you quit you give up your rights for alot of things you are entitled to. I hope you are feeling better. And TC is considered an ADA disability. > > I was wondering if anyone has an idea of what federal/state law typically is for work/time off. I am talking small business under 50 employees. > I am extremely ticked off this morning after a LONG unwarranted conversation with my boss.We work in sales for a small company, my " numbers " have been increasing however he feels like he is doing me some big favors by letting me stretch and take time off. > Let me mention that when I worked 3 days a week before surgery I worked from 7am-9pm sometimes. I basically short changed myself because I am a salaried employee. I was working a full time schedule hours wise but paid for part time. > Is there any law that prohibits an employer for not letting you do things such as walking to stretch? I literally was chastised for getting up a few times a day. I thought there was a 2 15 min break, and mandatory 30 min lunch? I take neither of these. > I am thinking this is more of a bias on his part. Is TC considered a disability? Does he have to do things such as provide a chair for me etc? > We only have 2 sales people now, and have not been able to hire anyone else. The one guy quit after 3 days since we are a small, unstructured company. So I feel like I have a good chance of staying here, but this is just insulting and annoying! > I feel like there should be some PROMISED modifications made while I go to PT and fully recover. > Any thoughts? > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Kathy, FMLA is for employers with 50+ people Thank you for the hints everyone. I think this is going to come down to a big blowout here. I am very annoyed. This comes down to a raise. I was given one, and because the numbers are not increasing by 50% my boss has a problem. However I never said I would come back to sales, in fact I was supposed to go into a marketing direction. The work environment is really what is causing all the problems. How do I make calls when I am in horrible pain because I sit in a $20 chair? (a new one was promised, but now that is a problem). I have never heard of a company not fixing something this simple! At my old company people were given a  specially made chair so they could sit on the phone all day! They were encouraged to stretch! Now if I am your primary sales person responsible for a huge region, and I am growing sales monthly why is something as a $300 chair an issue? As with a 2 minute stretch???? Subject: Re: Re: Law and work To: tetheredspinalcord Date: Thursday, March 24, 2011, 11:32 AM  What about FMLA? Is this geared for small businesses? Kathy Re: Law and work , There is such a law. There is government created agency to help you with this and you can call and talk to someone. It is called Job Accomodation Network (JAN), they have a website, but their # is 1-. I wouldn't just quit right now since you have medical issues. Either push for an accomodation or look into taking short term disability until you know what your situation is. If you quit you give up your rights for alot of things you are entitled to. I hope you are feeling better. And TC is considered an ADA disability. > > I was wondering if anyone has an idea of what federal/state law typically is for work/time off. I am talking small business under 50 employees. > I am extremely ticked off this morning after a LONG unwarranted conversation with my boss.We work in sales for a small company, my " numbers " have been increasing however he feels like he is doing me some big favors by letting me stretch and take time off. > Let me mention that when I worked 3 days a week before surgery I worked from 7am-9pm sometimes. I basically short changed myself because I am a salaried employee. I was working a full time schedule hours wise but paid for part time. > Is there any law that prohibits an employer for not letting you do things such as walking to stretch? I literally was chastised for getting up a few times a day. I thought there was a 2 15 min break, and mandatory 30 min lunch? I take neither of these. > I am thinking this is more of a bias on his part. Is TC considered a disability? Does he have to do things such as provide a chair for me etc? > We only have 2 sales people now, and have not been able to hire anyone else. The one guy quit after 3 days since we are a small, unstructured company. So I feel like I have a good chance of staying here, but this is just insulting and annoying! > I feel like there should be some PROMISED modifications made while I go to PT and fully recover. > Any thoughts? > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 US Airways gives employees with a need, a desk that rises to a standing position and goes back down to fit a chair. It's pretty cool and when I toured their facility, they had one of these in each row of cust. service reps' cubicles. Would that work? (Sorry about FMLA.) Kathy Re: Law and work , There is such a law. There is government created agency to help you with this and you can call and talk to someone. It is called Job Accomodation Network (JAN), they have a website, but their # is 1-. I wouldn't just quit right now since you have medical issues. Either push for an accomodation or look into taking short term disability until you know what your situation is. If you quit you give up your rights for alot of things you are entitled to. I hope you are feeling better. And TC is considered an ADA disability. > > I was wondering if anyone has an idea of what federal/state law typically is for work/time off. I am talking small business under 50 employees. > I am extremely ticked off this morning after a LONG unwarranted conversation with my boss.We work in sales for a small company, my " numbers " have been increasing however he feels like he is doing me some big favors by letting me stretch and take time off. > Let me mention that when I worked 3 days a week before surgery I worked from 7am-9pm sometimes. I basically short changed myself because I am a salaried employee. I was working a full time schedule hours wise but paid for part time. > Is there any law that prohibits an employer for not letting you do things such as walking to stretch? I literally was chastised for getting up a few times a day. I thought there was a 2 15 min break, and mandatory 30 min lunch? I take neither of these. > I am thinking this is more of a bias on his part. Is TC considered a disability? Does he have to do things such as provide a chair for me etc? > We only have 2 sales people now, and have not been able to hire anyone else. The one guy quit after 3 days since we are a small, unstructured company. So I feel like I have a good chance of staying here, but this is just insulting and annoying! > I feel like there should be some PROMISED modifications made while I go to PT and fully recover. > Any thoughts? > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 , These are all issues which VR would deal with. Your employer has to make your job accessible for you as long as you are still able to perform the essential functions of the job and I think there is also something about reasonable expense. A chair certainly is a reasonable expense. Jenn On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Dybowski wrote: > > > Kathy, > > The work environment is really what is causing all the problems. How do I > make calls when I am in horrible pain because I sit in a $20 chair? (a new > one was promised, but now that is a problem). > I have never heard of a company not fixing something this simple! At my old > company people were given a specially made chair so they could sit on the > phone all day! They were encouraged to stretch! Now if I am your primary > sales person responsible for a huge region, and I am growing sales monthly > why is something as a $300 chair an issue? As with a 2 minute stretch???? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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