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<blockquote data-quote="sortaisle" data-source="post: 507259" data-attributes="member: 17605"><p>Maybe a little perspective on the companies side of the equation. Mechanics are not Teamsters in NH are they? Over here they're with the Machinist union. They don't have mechanics that they can pull from other areas and package cars and feeders do need to get fixed or people run around with a car that's too small for their route and need to two car it. Or you get someone older who normally has power steering but is stuck in a non power steering car and injures a shoulder or screws their back up because they can't fix all of the trucks being one person down from time to time. The company has a very legitimate gripe. That doesn't make them right though. MFB has a legitimate gripe as well, and the only thing that's going to make it right in the end for everyone is his kids clean bill of health. I assume you're an upstanding employee and do great work or you would have been canned by now. I really do feel for your situation and I believe that you are in the right. </p><p></p><p>Here's a link I found to a public legal website that says what employers and employees must do. They sure make it a bitch on both sides. <a href="http://public.getlegal.com/legal-info-center/fmla-overview/fmla-guidelines" target="_blank">http://public.getlegal.com/legal-info-center/fmla-overview/fmla-guidelines</a></p><p></p><p>Keep your ducks in a row. Give UPS more information than they need. Have your doctor tell them with no room for interpretation that until they get a handle on what's wrong with your kid that it could be any day at anytime that you need to be there for your child's health care. I would even go as far as getting the school that your wife works for to write a letter stating why your wife can't take FMLA and why she can't miss work. If you give them all the info that they could ever want, all they can do is complain impotently. They do have a right by law to investigate, so do what you have to to take care of your family...and that includes keeping your job and your wife's. If you do all of this and they still complain, then you have a harassment claim. Do what you gotta do. The law will make you jump through those hoops. I don't see where you really have a choice bud, but if it were me and mine, I would do it. Grating on my teeth and everything. </p><p></p><p>I will most definitely keep you and your family in my prayers. Good luck and I hope it turns out for the best.</p><p></p><p>KC</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sortaisle, post: 507259, member: 17605"] Maybe a little perspective on the companies side of the equation. Mechanics are not Teamsters in NH are they? Over here they're with the Machinist union. They don't have mechanics that they can pull from other areas and package cars and feeders do need to get fixed or people run around with a car that's too small for their route and need to two car it. Or you get someone older who normally has power steering but is stuck in a non power steering car and injures a shoulder or screws their back up because they can't fix all of the trucks being one person down from time to time. The company has a very legitimate gripe. That doesn't make them right though. MFB has a legitimate gripe as well, and the only thing that's going to make it right in the end for everyone is his kids clean bill of health. I assume you're an upstanding employee and do great work or you would have been canned by now. I really do feel for your situation and I believe that you are in the right. Here's a link I found to a public legal website that says what employers and employees must do. They sure make it a bitch on both sides. [url]http://public.getlegal.com/legal-info-center/fmla-overview/fmla-guidelines[/url] Keep your ducks in a row. Give UPS more information than they need. Have your doctor tell them with no room for interpretation that until they get a handle on what's wrong with your kid that it could be any day at anytime that you need to be there for your child's health care. I would even go as far as getting the school that your wife works for to write a letter stating why your wife can't take FMLA and why she can't miss work. If you give them all the info that they could ever want, all they can do is complain impotently. They do have a right by law to investigate, so do what you have to to take care of your family...and that includes keeping your job and your wife's. If you do all of this and they still complain, then you have a harassment claim. Do what you gotta do. The law will make you jump through those hoops. I don't see where you really have a choice bud, but if it were me and mine, I would do it. Grating on my teeth and everything. I will most definitely keep you and your family in my prayers. Good luck and I hope it turns out for the best. KC [/QUOTE]
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