Wrongful termination, retaliation and ADA violations.
Lots to unpack but I’ll try to summarize. Started with a smallish company in 2023. I liked the job and for the most part, the people. Owner included. Owner would occasionally make some derogatory comments about my religion, I didn’t love that but I let it go. Ff to May 25 and I had surgery to have a mass removed. It turned out to be cancer. Company gives a ton of paid sick days. 24 to be exact but I was told at the interview that they don’t expect you to use very many. Apparently the owner had the hots for a previous manager and she convinced him that woman needed 2 a month so it should be policy. I used a lot for surgery, then oncology and scans. Scans found a second primary cancer. A bad, aggressive one. I immediately applied for short term disability to start chemo and radiation. Radiation was delayed waiting for insurance approval. My first chemo cycle fell in the middle of the pay period. Boss offered to pay me for the entire pay period and I would owe the company 40 hours. I agreed because I couldn’t afford to miss the hours. Takes forever to start getting std payments. She sent me a text saying that I should plan on just working 8-5 unless I had an appointment even though I shouldn’t have been working at all. I get through 30 radiation treatments and 4 chemo cycles and officially return to work part time. Doc cleared me for no more than 20 hours a week, a few weeks later she claimed that she didn’t get anything from my doctor and fired me for not working 40 hours a week. Is this worth pursuing?