Lost my job! Bummer

Nana b
Nana b Member Posts: 3,030 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
Lost my job on Monday, so, I have a pet and ct scan scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. All I can say is that my ex major big employer is insane and I am coming after them fully loaded!!!
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  • Kathryn_in_MN
    Kathryn_in_MN Member Posts: 1,252 Member
    #2
    sorry
    So sorry to hear this - you don't need that to deal with along with cancer worries.

    They'll know soon that they picked the wrong person to mess with! Go get 'em!
  • menright
    menright Member Posts: 256 Member
    #3
    Job Loss is a bummer
    Sorry to hear about your job loss. Never a good thing and especially now.

    I have wondered myself if there is recourse specific to having cancer that might prevent an employer from any layoff/fire action. Good luck and I hope you win.

    Mike
  • Nana b
    Nana b Member Posts: 3,030 Member
    #4
    menright said:

    Job Loss is a bummer
    Sorry to hear about your job loss. Never a good thing and especially now.

    I have wondered myself if there is recourse specific to having cancer that might prevent an employer from any layoff/fire action. Good luck and I hope you win.

    Mike

    We are protected under ADA,
    We are protected under ADA, and they should try to accommodate, but this employer or boss is ignorant or just doesn't give a dam! For being HR she has a pretty sorry attitude!
  • msccolon
    msccolon Member Posts: 1,917 Member
    #5
    I'm so sorry to hear this
    Just what you need is another battle on this front! I remember you had a hard time with them while you were going through treatments and they were giving you a hard time about not being available for phone interviews or something like that. Sounds to me like they were setting themselves up for this even back then. Hope you get resolution satisfactory to you!
    mary
  • karguy
    karguy Member Posts: 1,020 Member
    #6
    Bummer
    Yes we are protected under the ADA,time to call the EEOC,and go headhunting.Good luck.
  • PamPam2
    PamPam2 Member Posts: 370 Member
    #7
    Nana b said:

    We are protected under ADA,
    We are protected under ADA, and they should try to accommodate, but this employer or boss is ignorant or just doesn't give a dam! For being HR she has a pretty sorry attitude!

    GRRR
    Grrr
    Get her Nana! Maybe this will work out to be a positive for you, if you were wrongfully terminated related to your medical condition, when it all comes out you would be due back pay, punitive damages and so on, and have some time off with pay without having to work during your treatments.
    I wish you the best
    Pam
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    #8
    karguy said:

    Bummer
    Yes we are protected under the ADA,time to call the EEOC,and go headhunting.Good luck.

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  • zenmonk
    zenmonk Member Posts: 198
    #9
    not good
    I hope you torch them. This sounds like an ADA issue. I was in contact with a patient advocacy group out of San diego that handles things like this (legal) I got thier info through the armstong foundation. Maybe something to check into.
  • Paula G.
    Paula G. Member Posts: 596
    #10
    I hate to hear this. It is
    I hate to hear this. It is hard enough on people with illness. Some places just cut people because of it. I hope if this is what happened you go for them. It just sucks!! Good luck. Paula
  • AnneCan
    AnneCan Member Posts: 3,673 Member
    #11
    Racquel,
    I am sorry to hear
    Racquel,

    I am sorry to hear this; you certainly don't need that!
  • Nana b
    Nana b Member Posts: 3,030 Member
    #12
    AnneCan said:

    Racquel,
    I am sorry to hear
    Racquel,

    I am sorry to hear this; you certainly don't need that!

    Thanks all.

    Thanks all.
  • Annabelle41415
    Annabelle41415 Member Posts: 6,742 Member
    #13
    Awful
    That is terrible. Hopefully you can get some recourse from them. Is there any chance of you talking to someone higher in the company to possibly get your job back. Sounds like you have gone to great lengths to please them through your whole journey. Keep us posted.

    Kim
  • sheri22
    sheri22 Member Posts: 273
    #14
    Nana b said:

    Thanks all.

    Thanks all.

    Nana
    Let the public know about this the news paper and your news station the public needs to know your story and it will be an eye opener to what they are like keep fighting

    Sheri22
  • dorookie
    dorookie Member Posts: 1,731 Member
    #15
    Nana b said:

    Thanks all.

    Thanks all.

    Lawyer
    I had to fight for my job back last year, I went through the EEOC process, he is a good attorney, he is located in Dallas, not sure where you live, but I was living in Phoenix at the time and he still represented me. A bit pricy but he worked with me so that I could make payments. let me know if you want his name...

    Good Luck!!

    Beth
  • TxKayaker
    TxKayaker Member Posts: 176
    #16
    dorookie said:

    Lawyer
    I had to fight for my job back last year, I went through the EEOC process, he is a good attorney, he is located in Dallas, not sure where you live, but I was living in Phoenix at the time and he still represented me. A bit pricy but he worked with me so that I could make payments. let me know if you want his name...

    Good Luck!!

    Beth

    If you need any advise my
    If you need any advise my brother in law has a law practicce in Dallas also and he will not charge for information. You can PM me if you are interested.
    Mike
  • lesvanb
    lesvanb Member Posts: 905
    #17
    Arrgh!
    So sorry you are going through this. Work and insurance issues are the double whammy of cancer treatment in USA. Here's the patient advocacy foundation website
    http://www.patientadvocate.org/

    Leslie
  • RickMurtagh
    RickMurtagh Member Posts: 587 Member
    #18
    Job
    Be thankful you do not live in NJ. The courts favor business here. My employer laid me off September 2, 2009, mid-treatment. How heartless was that? Since they closed the NJ offices, I had no case, everyone was let go and I was one of the last. At least I saw it coming, but was hoping for something more like December.
    Good luck on finding something that works for you or "reconciling" with your old employer if that is your goal.
  • AnnaLeigh
    AnnaLeigh Member Posts: 187 Member
    #19
    Don't let yourself be a statistic of discrimination
    It is terribly sad that employers think they can get away with these types of things and care more about their profits than they care about fellow human beings.

    The ACLU is a fantastic organization and usually scare the heck out of anyone they go up against. You may have to be a pest to get representation due to the large number of cases they handle, but when they bark - people listen - because no one wants to get bitten by the ACLU.
  • Nana b
    Nana b Member Posts: 3,030 Member
    #20
    TxKayaker said:

    If you need any advise my
    If you need any advise my brother in law has a law practicce in Dallas also and he will not charge for information. You can PM me if you are interested.
    Mike

    I met with an attorney
    We are going over the review process early next week. I will take in information through an IM.

    I had a pet scan done on Friday because my benefits may end, checking into COBRA. Hopefully it comes back clean.
  • khl8
    khl8 Member Posts: 807
    #21
    Nana b said:

    I met with an attorney
    We are going over the review process early next week. I will take in information through an IM.

    I had a pet scan done on Friday because my benefits may end, checking into COBRA. Hopefully it comes back clean.

    Make sure that you ask for
    Make sure that you ask for the cobra supplement payment that Federal Government approved during the "meltdown". Your empoyer may not tell you about it and unless you know to ask they may try and slip it past you as the emplyer still has to pay the full premium and then get a tax credit. this COBRA supplement pays for 80% of the cobra paymen. My neighbor had this happen and luckly she said something to me and I told her about and it took her CObra payment from 600 a month down to 200.

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