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captain_slinky) wrote2006-06-02 05:02 pm
captain_slinky) wrote2006-06-02 05:02 pm
After ALL of THAT...
So after all the trouble of getting the note from my doctor (which is what Management had told me I needed to get in order to let me go to the bathroom at any time other than my break), they have now decided that I am not allowed to do that. Despite medical neccessity, I have two choices:
(1) Take 40 minutes of scheduled 5-minute unpaid restroom breaks throughout the day (non-flexible; I MUST go to the restroom at these designated times and will be docked the 5-minutes even if I did not go and I will be docked ADDITIONAL time if the restroom break is taken outside of the designated 5-minute period)
(2) Hold it till my break.
HR has told my manager that I MUST take a straight uninterrupted 15-minute break BY LAW (which is a lie), and that NO OTHER EMPLOYEES have any arrangements other than what has been offered to me (which is also a lie).
I don't have the time or the energy to fight HR, so I guess I'll just attempt to "Hold It". But I really would have appreciated it if they had never sent me off on this wild goose chase to begin with!
(1) Take 40 minutes of scheduled 5-minute unpaid restroom breaks throughout the day (non-flexible; I MUST go to the restroom at these designated times and will be docked the 5-minutes even if I did not go and I will be docked ADDITIONAL time if the restroom break is taken outside of the designated 5-minute period)
(2) Hold it till my break.
HR has told my manager that I MUST take a straight uninterrupted 15-minute break BY LAW (which is a lie), and that NO OTHER EMPLOYEES have any arrangements other than what has been offered to me (which is also a lie).
I don't have the time or the energy to fight HR, so I guess I'll just attempt to "Hold It". But I really would have appreciated it if they had never sent me off on this wild goose chase to begin with!
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As far as I know I'm pretty sure having an over-active bowel system (IBS, crones and the like) is covered by the Americans with diabilities act (ADA) and a Doctors note should cover it, plus any documention regarding said condition. If HR is giving you a hard time, you really should look into the laws about it.
I once had a job where they questioned my large amount of bathrooms breaks and when my Doctor wrote them to explain they backed off...that and the angry phone call from him to HR pretty much scared them with the threat of a lawsuit.