Of course talk to your Doctor first but now is the time to sign up for a medical exception before the plans are solidified for RTO. The process is super simple and takes about a week to complete.
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Guide to requesting Accommodations https://askjan.org/publications/individuals/employee-guide.cfm
Ideas for reasonable accommodations (ADD, as an example) from the JAN (Job Accommodation Network) website.
https://askjan.org/disabilities/Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity-Disorder-AD-HD.cfm
the burden of proof of not to wfh lies on schwab, i can help guide folks the correct way to go about the medical accomodation route, but I would need to benefit from it some how. Stay tuned!
Yes, a company can tell you to not to come into the office with offensive smells if it potentially affects others. They can categorize it a work dress code standard
Covid is not a reasonable excuse considering the treatment options and vaccines available. That would like using the flu as an excuse for an accommodation. Eventually if your MD wants you out and you are WFH, they will simply do whatever it takes within legal reason to make you want to leave the company, lay you off or fire you. At some point if the EC and Walt wants everyone to RTO even with accommodations there will be no stopping them. Everyone is expendable, and there is a replacement out there for you.
You will get an accommodation as long as as that accommodation does not alter how Schwab operates at a fundamental level. We have been working from home 3 years now. Nothing is changing by letting wfh accommodation continue and it could be argued that the 25% that will be allowed to wfh show this is not creating a negative change.
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/disability-employment/reasonable-accommodations/#:~:text=Examples%20of%20reasonable%20accommodations%20include,or%20other%20workplace%20adaptive%20equipment.
If you signed up for the corporate legal plan benefit, you can talk to an attorney at no cost. Just get a referral for an attorney and see what your legal options might be.
I used that benefit a couple years ago to help with an IRS audit. The attorney would have cost me close to $3k without the benefit. I ended up winning the audit in tax court and not owing the IRS any additional tax.
There are no set amount of spots for medical accommodations. You aren't takin anything away from someone else by meeting your medical needs. Make yourself your priority and get the help you require
Is diagnosed ADHD/ADD considered legit for medical accommodation? I really don't want to go down that road, but working from home has been a blessing for me to actually focus. An office with all the distractions means I have to hop back on meds that make me feel like sh-t.
I would not worry. Schwab has to make a good faith effort to accommodate your medical need. For example people that have asthma are triggered by some smells, smoking, etc. Covid is still a thing and catching covid could lead to long covid which would be a huge disability. There is not much Schwab can do to accommodate this other than letting you work from home. They can't tell people to not wear cologne and to not smoke. They can't make people wear masks in the office or get the vaccine. So the only other option would be to give you an office with a door you can close which is out of the question or let your wfh
Reasonable accommodation is usually something ridiculous. Corporations have lawyers for this, you will not win.
I have a legitimate medical reasom for WFH, but im worried schwab will just decide it's "not a reasonable accomodation." Can anyone share some insight?