Ok heres my situation...
I started working in a photo album factory and worked for a month and then i left because my arthritis in my feet was arrivated. However my podiatrist said i should not have left that the treatment he could give me would help me to stay in the job...
after a month of jobsearching i swallowed my pride and rang my boss and asked for my job back. I said the new medication my doctor was giving me and treatment from my podiatrist was working really well and i dont feel the pain, which is the truth. My feet feel great now.
The job is highly repetive , just feeding paper photo frames through a glue machine using both arms. After awhile i developed a bad case of r.s.i in my shoulder, so i had to ask my boss if i could do somthing else..what he gave me was still repetitive and worse...later today he called me into his office and told me he couldnt give me any work and would not give me a week off to recover...and basically fired me because of my arms....
2007-12-02 17:25:08 · 4 answers · asked by ஐButterfly Effectஐ 5 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment ➔ Law & Legal
Do i have any rights?
2007-12-02 17:26:15 · update #1
ok--first off, you have to file a worker's compensation claim with your companies insurance company. there should have been something on the wall in the breakroom or near your time-clock with the phone # to file a report. Your dr is going to have to state in his notes that the repetitive motion (remember that phrase!) of your job aggravated or caused your injury. (an aggravation to an existing problem, is considered a NEW injury). as long as the dr will back you up--you will be covered. you may have to seek a worker's comp attorney though in order to get everything done. the problem is, if you didn't intially report this as a wc injury you may run into problems, but with an attorney-they can work around pretty much anything.
2007-12-03 05:38:24 · answer #1 · answered by s and d e 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you were unfit for the job. It sounds like you weren't there long enough to have an actual job injury. Issues from repetetive motion do not calssify as an injury.
Sounds like you have no rights, other than to possibly seek unemployment. But he was in his rights to fire you, so you probably won't get anything anyway.
I would start looking for another job. Frankly, it sounds like you took a job you weren't physically qualified for in the first place. The fact that he gave you your job back at all should make you very grateful. But he may not be the best reference in the future.
2007-12-02 17:35:47 · answer #2 · answered by Meghan 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Nope.
You seem to want to quit a job before you have an ACTUAL medical diagnosis from a physician...and that eliminates you from any legal rights at all.
I would wager that your "injury" is NOT related to your job because you didn't have problems with your shoulder before, it was your feet, and NOW you claim that the job caused an injury to your shoulder?
He doesn't have to give you a week to recover over a self-diagnosis...which you said nothing about a doctor diagnosing.
You want to know the REAL reason why you lost your job?
You are a walking case of workman's comp just BEGGING to happen. No one is that unhealthy after short periods of time of working on a job.
They let you go before you "accidently" injured yourself any further.
Sorry, you don't have a case.
2007-12-02 21:20:50 · answer #3 · answered by Expert8675309 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes if what you say is true and I am sure it is. Then contact EOE( Equal Opportunity employment Division) or the best Lawyer in the State and sue the company and retire and have the company pay your medical bills plus future medical bills related to your injuries
2007-12-02 17:39:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋