ADA denied
Hey everyone. So my husband got a job at a federally regulated plant and is having issues with ADA accommodations.
For the last three weeks he has been trying to figure out where he can keep his Insulin and has been met with silence from the safely guy—he talked to the plants HR and finally got it sorted out today,safety guy hasn’t been doing his job and will probably get talked to.
However, he’s also been asking for accommodations for the same length of time and constantly was either ignored or told her didn’t meet the requirements for FMLA. He has diabetic neuropathy and diabetes and there are days where he physically cannot walk or close his hands because the intense pain and cramps. He had a meeting with HR today and was told that getting a modified attendance policy wasn’t “accommodations” and that he has to use his emergency time and that he again doesn’t qualify for FMLA. (Which doesn’t make sense because he got that accommodation at his last factory job and FMLA and ADA aren’t the same.)
I genuinely don’t know if this guy just doesn’t understand that he’s wrong on so many levels or really what our next steps should be. I’ve called his dr and left a message about the situation so we can hopefully get some documentation sent over about why he needs those days off where he has these flair ups but I’m not sure it’s going to make much difference tbh.
We do have an in at the big plant down the road that we can reach out to them to go above his plants hr(his direct boss.) that person is already aware of the initial situation and has filled that higher up- but we’re waiting to hear back from her to update on what happened today.
We’ve heard from other workers at this plant that as soon as they hear accommodations that they will do everything in their power to get you fired or to quit on your own.