Posted by JohnDoenut on July 8, 2004, at 11:33:57
In reply to Re: What's going on with me???? PLEASE RESPOND » JohnDoenut, posted by Harlock on July 7, 2004, at 13:53:14
> Howdy.. you said attempted.. were you able to recieve disability?
>Its a complicated matter depending a lot of factors and mine and yours are unique to ourselves so the best thing to do is seek medical and legal advice on this.
>
> I walked out once almost the same exact way. I sent my boss and email that said:
> "...Fine then. Put me on medical leave"The thing here is its not up to your boss to put you on medical leave. In fact I would suggest you never discuss your medical issues with any boss again. Its none of their business and better if
they dont know if you need a reference. The procedure is to first talk to your doctor and tell him your intentions (he can tell you how to word your request), talk to HR And say you need to take a medical leave of absense and would like them to send you the forms. If you work for a company larger than a few hundred people they will have dealt with this before believe me! They have procedures in place for this. All you have to tell your boss is that you are going on a medical leave of absense and would not like to talk about it further for personal reasons. HR by law is not required to tell your boss anything and in fact by law cannot! Fill out your part of the forms and have your doctor fill out what he is supposed to. If you get short term disability that covers you from about 6 to 13 weeks. Get a copy of the STD and LTD insurance plan from HR and read it as they have exclusions. This advice is applicable to anyone in this situation by the way.If you are for whatever reason not covered by the insurance, you can file a claim for workers comp provided that you can show in the case of mental disability it did not occur at work. But again you have to check the workers comp laws of your state.
J
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