Fema Employment
Would you commit to taking a job knowing that they could fire you for a documented handicap after you started?
After numerous applications in health related fields which included everything from school nurse to investigator, thousands of dollars expended in education, travel, maintenance of five state nursing licenses and the required continued education units; six years after a spine injury at work, have no job because I was fired during probation with no way to appeal! (Federal EEO and MSPB dismissed). Nurse applicants have to sign an agreement often to be willfully terminated if they do not pass a physical AFTER they are employed. Would you agree to such a statement since disagreeing would remove you from candidacy for the position? Do you think disclosing your restrictions will lessen your chance for a job even if it means you risk losing the job later and your current lower paying benefits of workers compensation? How many nursing jobs would you apply to and for how long before giving up your career? Mine was 25 years as an RN, 3 an LPN, and 2 as a Nurse Aid. Here are just some sample apps. which will not let you apply if you disagree to their terms to include a physical AFTER employment. See nurse application at: https://recruit.virtua.org/ https://www.virtualhrasistant.com/Trinatas The Federal Employees Compensation Act, Office of Workers Compensation Programs has no authority over the employer who fired you, even though there does not exist any factual evidence for termination. They cannot make them rehire you if you were probationary. Have you heard of OSHA erganomic workplace standard of 2001 ? http://www.afscme.org/press/7121.cfm Have you heard of the H.R. 2381, Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009 ? http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h111-2381 If you love a nurse and care about the people they care for, then please respond to this question. I will be glad to forward it to the Secretary of Labor with my own personal story with your permission.
Public Comments
- I would not commit to a job that I could possibly be fired from due to health reasons. I would examine why those facilities felt so strongly for not wanting to employ me. Would I be a danger to the patients? Would I be a danger to co workers or myself? What handicapp is this that causes this concern? If it were a mobility handicap then I think there would be ways around that. If it were something like a seizure where I could possibly endanger patients with medication errors or worse, I think it is a valid concern. Both sides of this argument need to be looked at closely and each case examined individually.
