Re: Work options- Cheryl

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--- " Jen " wrote:

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> I mentioned ADA laws to my HR rep one day, and she said " Oh, we are

> a LONG way away from that! " Not exactly sure what she meant by

> that!

>

I'm assuming the HR rep works for the company? Then I know EXACTLY

why she said that. She was trying to convince you not to look into it

or make an ADA request. It's her job to represent the company, not

you, and as a result she must discourage you from thinking about ADA,

and delay and deny any ADA accommodation requests you make. She

wasn't concerned about you and your condition - she was only thinking

about protecting the company from a possible ADA request and suit.

It's not her job to decide whether or not you're ready for ADA. Only

you and your doctor (and lawyer) can make that determination.

Keep in mind that any employee of the company is NOT on your side, in

any way, shape or form, although the company may want to make it look

that way. I've had this experience slap me in the face, and our HR

people were quite open in saying it out loud.

I also wouldn't assume that just because your company has a legal

department that they are doing everything legally. I work for a major

state institution with a huge legal department - you'd think a state

government would be very concerned about doing things legally - and

they did everything possible WRONG in my ADA accommodation request.

If I chose to sue (which I haven't decided to do for other reasons

than acquiring the accommodations they denied), they would go down in

flames and there's nothing their lawyers could do to protect them.

They just screwed up, and they did it intentionally, gambling that I

would not sue based on the hold they have over me and my job.

Cheryl in AZ