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Man says he was fired because of a sick son
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<blockquote data-quote="dannyboy" data-source="post: 601353" data-attributes="member: 484"><p>You know, a problem with a lot of people is that they think that the FMLA gave them a free pass to take off as much time as they need to take care of family stuff.</p><p> </p><p>Truth is that in many cases, it hurt. There were employers that tried working with the employees even more than the FMLA allows.</p><p> </p><p>But the FMLA also gives the employer broad rights after you use up the time allowance for your family issue.</p><p> </p><p>Case in point.</p><p> </p><p>A friend of my wife is a nurse. Her brother was shot in the chest, and she took off almost 9 months to care for him. This was 13 or 14 years ago.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, she was in Fla to get medical help for one of her grand children. At the hotel, they had just mopped the floor. Did not put out warning signs. She slipped and fell, tearing up her knee and ankle.</p><p> </p><p>She was out less than 5 months when the hospital terminated her. Under their rights under the FMLA, they have that right/responsibility not to create a situation that creates a variance.</p><p> </p><p>Also another example.</p><p> </p><p>UPS had at times created a job to help out a driver that had health problems that kept him from driving. Many times, they would "create" a job for that driver.</p><p> </p><p>But under the contract, any job that is in for more than 30 days has to be bid. So now, that job no longer is his, but goes up for bid to the most senior driver, so they no longer offer that option to the sick driver.</p><p> </p><p>There are many times that new regulations that you think will win you rights, actually end up costing you in the long run.</p><p> </p><p>d</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dannyboy, post: 601353, member: 484"] You know, a problem with a lot of people is that they think that the FMLA gave them a free pass to take off as much time as they need to take care of family stuff. Truth is that in many cases, it hurt. There were employers that tried working with the employees even more than the FMLA allows. But the FMLA also gives the employer broad rights after you use up the time allowance for your family issue. Case in point. A friend of my wife is a nurse. Her brother was shot in the chest, and she took off almost 9 months to care for him. This was 13 or 14 years ago. Last year, she was in Fla to get medical help for one of her grand children. At the hotel, they had just mopped the floor. Did not put out warning signs. She slipped and fell, tearing up her knee and ankle. She was out less than 5 months when the hospital terminated her. Under their rights under the FMLA, they have that right/responsibility not to create a situation that creates a variance. Also another example. UPS had at times created a job to help out a driver that had health problems that kept him from driving. Many times, they would "create" a job for that driver. But under the contract, any job that is in for more than 30 days has to be bid. So now, that job no longer is his, but goes up for bid to the most senior driver, so they no longer offer that option to the sick driver. There are many times that new regulations that you think will win you rights, actually end up costing you in the long run. d [/QUOTE]
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