Comments | 5minutelimit: Sick of OHSU

5minutelimit

Sick of OHSU

Apr 20, 2009 08:07

I now have a warning letter in my personel folder because I didn't bring my INFECTIOUS ENTEROCOLIS to work to share with coworkers and patients.
By the way, I called in every morning, andI worked at home during part of that time. And I have a huge amount of accumilated sick time.
What kind of health care facility forces sick people to come to work? .
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aeonflux1973 April 20 2009, 19:15:03 UTC

they consider everyday you called in sick an occurance?

I'm currently on a verbal warning.. I've missed 5 days in a 12 month period, the 6th day is a written. pfft.

I cant miss a day unplanned til October.

aprilstarchild April 20 2009, 21:13:41 UTC

Oh man that sucks. I'm sorry.

trillium_flower April 21 2009, 00:11:31 UTC

Thats really messed up. Did you go to a dr? Can you write a letter of appeal to attach to the letter in your file? On our letters of reprimand we can write basically a rebuttal and attach any documentation. This way if something should happen you have everything ready for the employment board for unlawful termination. I did some looking here http://www.boli.state.or.us/BOLI/TA/T_FAQ_Tafaq.shtml but didn't find anything specific yet. I'll keep hunting around, you might want to call the labor board anyway.

5minutelimit April 21 2009, 02:50:15 UTC

I WENT to a Doctor. We have been specifically told that it doesn't matter if we have a letter. One woman is on probation who had STREP THROAT and had a letter and antibiotics. Another one was in the hospital for SEPSIS in OUR HOSPITAL, and was forced to get retroactive FMLA ( ... )

trillium_flower April 21 2009, 06:03:11 UTC

Seems like that is what they are forcing you to do. Which is rediculous. I'm all for fmla, and ada, and hippa but it seems like you (and I actually mean we) have to stretch what it was intended for because employers are making it impossible to actually be honest. I'm sure you don't want to call in with a migraine when you have a broken leg (or whatever). Which only perpetuates the distrust between employer/employee, and the employer has to find more loopholes and/or make more specific policies, and the employee has to find some other safeguard. viscious circle.

aeonflux1973 April 21 2009, 13:52:57 UTC

ODS is doing the exact same thing.

If we are one minute late, we are considered tardy. We can have 12 tardys in a rolling 12 month period.

Basically if you are going to be late, you might as well take all of the three hours you get that is considered "tardy" rather than be one minute late.

Go get your coffee, get a long breakfast, or even sleep in and just show up within the 3.5 hours before its considered a whole day.

Almost everyone in my dept (70 of us) are currently on "verbal" occurance warnings.

I had to sign up for OFLA for my PT. Its dumb.

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