Can they really fire me?!
Question:
Can they really fire me?
I have been at my job for almost 10 months now and worry about losing it all of the time. I suffer from PTSD, sever depression and bipolar disorder. I go to therapy and am trying to get my life back on track... but becuase there are some days I have a flash backs, panic attacks or am just too depressed to finish out the work day (no more than once every three weeks) I am freaked because if I loose my job I loose all of the great work I have done over the last year. I will qualify for FMLA in a few months, but I don't know if I will last that long. Does anybody have any advice or resources that might help me keep my job or stay on the right track?
Answers:
check to see if your state offers a FMLA type program, they are ususally available to employees after 6 months instead of 12. I live in Oregon, and we have OMLA, with would protect me 6 months before FMLA will. Check it out.
California
Connecticut
Hawaii
Maine
minnesota
New Jersey
Oregon
rhode Island
vermont
washington
Wisconscin
they all have it
Also, check to see if you qualify for dissability.