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Chronic Illness 7w
My work bestie is literally getting fired for asking for a reasonable accommodation. This is actually insane. If anyone has advise lmk
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Anonymous 7w

look into either your states civil rights commission or your local branch of nlrb. that's illegal and you should 100% report it. if your work is unionized, report it to the union as well

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Anonymous 7w

I have a few questions as someone who works with the ADA and related laws. How many employees at this business? What is the nature of the business? What was the accommodation? Was it just “can I have this” “no, you’re fired” or was there more. This is way too vague to give advice

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 7w

It’s a small business so we’re not unionized, but I’ll definitely be looking into my states civil rights commission

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 7w

We currently only have 19 employees. It’s a small pet supply business focusing on dog and cat needs. The accommodation was for a stool/chair (which a manager got when she broke her leg earlier this year) and the convo went “hey can I have this accommodation?” “How about we take a break from scheduling you until you feel better” and then sent him termination paperwork today despite saying this was a temporary thing

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 7w

Yea that is absolutely ridiculous, I was offered a chair at work when I had knee surgery but I refused. A chair/stool is one of the easiest accommodations. And it seems like this is discrimination based on the fact that they WERE able to accommodate someone else, therefore they can’t say it’s unreasonable (bc they’ve done it bf no problem). I’d probably never want to work there again, but based on my limited knowledge they would probably lose a lawsuit (the company).

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 7w

But I also know that some of the laws are different for small businesses. But if they were able to provide that accommodation before, and they are firing you friend bc they asked for one, that is open and shut discrimination and ableism

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 7w

So they legally do have to provide accommodations, the cut off is 15 or less employees (19 > 15). A chair wouldn’t fundamentally alter the business and is a common, reasonable, and affordable accommodation (as seen by them doing it before!). This is definitely BIG illegal however I fear a business this size may be judgement proof (you won’t get much money by suing). I’d still definitely report though but it may not be worth your money to pursue a lawsuit

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 7w

No it’s so crazy and unfair to him. And I’ve been trying to find a different job for months due to unrelated reasons but nowhere has gotten back to me so I feel stuck here atm :/

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 7w

Heard! He wants to talk to a lawyer about it and I think he also has a case bc this is bullshit

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