Is there any downside with filing for a medical accommodation for say things like anxiety, ADHD, COPD etc? I am sure most doctors will fill this out for us with a recommendation to stay home to work.
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I have filed for an accommodation and was approved to wfh 100%. However, the day-to-day bitterness from others is real, so be prepared for that. I have received several passive aggressive comments about how working from home isn’t good for my “brand” from management & coworkers.
Don’t worry. I spoke to HR regarding this. They said that people with an accommodation are outside the RTO numbers. Anyone can and should apply for an accommodation. Just speak to your doctor before hand
Please, if you do not have a disability, DO NOT FAKE IT! I do have a disability. I never applied for an accommodation because being able to work from home full time fulfilled it. I am already stressed about the stigma I feel will be coming my way with an accommodation. Now, I am so sick to my stomach thinking that there will be a deluge of requests that are from malingers vs those that truly do.
I work for a re--rd named Simon Indge, can I file for an accommodation?? If it helps, all his directs are also ride the short bus.
@1cpw+1ndAPk1q - Heya Walt, how you doing?
For those of you with legitimate medical conditions, my sympathy. Have your doctor write up a note on your condition. Please don't come into the office - take care of yourselves.
For the rest of you, just go to your psychologist and talk about how you obsess over things on an anonymous message board and they'll sign that medical exception quickly. Seriously, faking an illness just so you can whack off at lunch? Show up to the office and help change the culture and eventually the policy. Be present. Be part of the solution.
In a little-used aspect of the ADA, the law prohibits employers from discrimination against employees who have an "association" with someone with a disability. 42 U.S.C. sec. 12112(b)(4). This law would prohibit a discrimination against “a qualified individual because of the known disability of an individual with whom the qualified individual is known to have a relationship or association.” Thus, a parent has a relationship with a child with a disability.
(Now codified at 42 U.S.C. 12182(b)(1)(E)(Title III); 28 CFR 35.130(g).)
Accomodation process is quite easy, I highly recommend people go that route. Accomodations are part of the ADA world, and the burden of proof to deny you is on the employer not the employee.
Accommodation requests for yourself can include issues such as Ibs , anxiety so long as it’s for your own person and a certified doctor completes the required paperwork
Unfortunately childcare and/or elder care does not fall under the accommodation guidelines since the issues is not for a medical ailment for yourself
with an accommodation there will be a document you will sign that allows the company to contact your doctors office for confirmation
Everyone please note accommodation requests are for yourself only meaning the ailment hd to effect you medically not a family member such as a child or partner
Any requests for family members then you will need to utilize fmla if eligible and that does not guarantee remote work
If your children have disabilities and need reasonable care you may be able to file for an accommodation as well. My son will need help on and off the bus and finding after school care for his several diagnoses has been difficult
Same here I have to run to toilet ata moments notice and don't go out socially or to stores much because of this
Go for it
What more evidence is needed than a doctor's note? And it's not pretending if you are actually anxious about returning to work and the risks that come with commuting (ie car accidents, not having child/elder care, getting sick in the office, the additional financial burden it may cause)
Speaking for myself, I want to WFH but I won’t pretend to have an illness. Actual medical exceptions require a fair level of evidence and approval. I think this is why most of us won’t file for one.
I am going to try this route. I have IBS and working from home has been wonderful for me. In the office the bathrooms are constantly full and I would have to search several floors to find an open stall. Also, on days im not feeling very well I can still work which I can do in the office