dannyboy
From the promised LAND
There have been several times over the last few months where people have posted about getting injured, sick etc on the job, and the response is "well you are protected by the ADA in this matter". Well, yes and no.
When you are injured on the job, most drivers think the hardest part of the whole process is getting away from work and getting the checks started. But what you dont realize is that the company can make it much harder on you to return to work, if that is what they want to do. By as much as 6-8 weeks or more if that is what they want to do.
Also, when it comes to say a driver that ends up being diagnosed as being diabetic, the company has no obligation to you to provide a job. IF your dr's report does not state that the situation could resolve itself in time, the company does not even have to offer you an inside job.
Basically, the ADA is nothing but a set of rules that the companies now know what the minimum is that they have to do. And they do not have to do one thing past that. As has been proven by several supreme court rullings on the matter.
Case in point. We had a driver that ended up a diabetic. He not only lost the delivery job he had, but about 150 pounds as well. UPS allowed him to take two part time jobs that were back to back shifts, and allowed him to get the rest of his time needed to get to retirement (about 11 years)
Today, that would not happen, because of the ADA laws on the books. They hurt the average working person as much as it helped, or maybe even more so.
So just because you feel like you got screwed because of an injury or illness, you might feel that you are being violated under the ADA laws, but instead, UPS is following exactly the law in this case.
BTW, Anyone know what the payoff is for a full time driver that looses both legs at UPS?
d
When you are injured on the job, most drivers think the hardest part of the whole process is getting away from work and getting the checks started. But what you dont realize is that the company can make it much harder on you to return to work, if that is what they want to do. By as much as 6-8 weeks or more if that is what they want to do.
Also, when it comes to say a driver that ends up being diagnosed as being diabetic, the company has no obligation to you to provide a job. IF your dr's report does not state that the situation could resolve itself in time, the company does not even have to offer you an inside job.
Basically, the ADA is nothing but a set of rules that the companies now know what the minimum is that they have to do. And they do not have to do one thing past that. As has been proven by several supreme court rullings on the matter.
Case in point. We had a driver that ended up a diabetic. He not only lost the delivery job he had, but about 150 pounds as well. UPS allowed him to take two part time jobs that were back to back shifts, and allowed him to get the rest of his time needed to get to retirement (about 11 years)
Today, that would not happen, because of the ADA laws on the books. They hurt the average working person as much as it helped, or maybe even more so.
So just because you feel like you got screwed because of an injury or illness, you might feel that you are being violated under the ADA laws, but instead, UPS is following exactly the law in this case.
BTW, Anyone know what the payoff is for a full time driver that looses both legs at UPS?
d