Does anyone have guidance on getting a personal medical exemption to work from home? I care for a family member that is in the middle of battling a life threatening illness and requires care and medication throughout the day. My manager knows this and declined me anyway. Wow. What is the best angle to get a psychologist/medical doctor to approve? Anxiety? Depression? Traumatic stress? I legit have all of these anyway, and being forced return to office makes them more severe. Has anyone had success and can you give tips on the best angle to take and the best type of doctor (general practitioner, psychologists/psychiatrist?) I guess Charles Schwab really doesn't care about us after all. I'm devastated.
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Submit the medical exception request directly to HR. You'll get it. It's completely separate from and independent of the current RTO initiative.
There's some info here....
https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/guidance/work-hometelework-reasonable-accommodation
I'm very sorry to hear about your family member. You should apply for FMLA leave (which can be taken continuously for up to 12 weeks or intermittently). The accommodations process doesn't cover your family member's health condition.
Holy sh-t, that is AWFUL. I am so sorry - Schwab is garbage for that.
You just need a doctor or health care professional to fill out an accommodations form and you have to sign a mefical release. I wish you more luck than I had. I have a condition but my specialist said they don't make accommodation recommendations. HR told me to check with my other doctors but the specialist who declined me is really who should be completing the form. File an accomdation then HR will provide the forms.