My husband's boss is trying to make him quit

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After beating prostate cancer and switching meds & all that goes with that, my husband was able to return to his job of over 20 years. Now his boss is making his life at work so stressful that he nearly seized last nite and is jerky today. She is constantly undercutting his work, making up stupid lists w/priorties and then giving him other work to do so he can't get the lists done or even his actual job. We think she is trying to force him to quit, but he can't - we are so deep in the hole from all the other stuff, and he's 50 years old, it's not like he can just bounce out there and pick up on any old job-he knows construction, was a tiler in his younger days, but thats work for a younger guy. She has him so paranoid, he can't talk to anyone about how she treats him on the threat of dismissal. Does anyone know of anything we can do to stop her. I'm sure it's because of his epilepsy, he's started having seizures again after none for about 13 yrs, 2 at work. They pay his health insurance and I think they want to get out of that as well. Any suggestions would really help, we are at our wits end, and every seizure (gran mal) he has takes more of him away from me, & I don't know how many more he can take, it's taking longer & longer for him to come back.

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Re: Re: My husband's boss is trying to make him quit

Submitted by kathyc on Sun, 2007-08-19 - 12:02

Thank you for your response. I do appreciate the information. As there are really only 2 full time employees at his job, her & my husband, taking it to the board of directors has been the only option. It hasn't gone over well, as she defends herself by claiming she has done none of the things she's done. I have a rapport with at least one board member and at last several others are beginning to open their eyes, but only a little. I agree, as does my husband that a lot of it stems from her complete inadequacy to do her job. But instead of acknowledging his experience and knowledge and thereby learning from him she has chosen to set herself above him. At this point a lot more people are aware or becoming aware because I have personally contacted board members, and she told my husband that that is inappropriate behavior on my part...this is a small town, where people know each other, and not a big corporation that she assumes she is running. As my husband informed her, he does not tell me what to do and I do what I think is best for the protection and care of my family. She may try to tell him what to do, and as his boss, she has some wherewithall to do that, but she cannot dictate my actions. Nor can she dictate his to the extent that she has been doing, so perhaps things will change. Perhaps not, then we will indeed need to take the whole situation to the entire board's attention and go from there. Thank you for your suggestions and the crossed fingers! And yes, I will keep updating from time to time, I have just not posted in a while. Thanks again, Kathy

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Submitted by TJS on Sun, 2007-08-19 - 02:26

Check out this website: www.timslaw.com. Tim is an employment lawyer in Missouri and offers very good advice regarding discrimination that is not specific to Missouri. Also check out www.eeoc.gov for information on disability and age discrimination. Create a system for easy documentation of the events. It is sad that the time and energy is necessary that he needs to document his time at work. But, I bet they are documenting his days.

Re: My husband's boss is trying to make him quit

Submitted by DAWWN on Thu, 2007-08-30 - 06:19

Disability Advocacy Work With Networking (DAWWN) http://home.earthlink.net/~dawwn Hi Kathy and all, I read Suebear's reply and have a slightly different opinion about the lawyer. I will get to it in a moment. Let me first tell you that I spent 12 years of dealing with a somewhat similar situation. I was hired for a job working for CBS-TV. I work in stage lighting. I was hired through the Stage Management Dept, not Human Resources. When I was sent to fill out the hiring papers the next day in Human Resources I had a mild simple partial seizure. Afte completing the paperwork I went upstairs to get my job assignment and it was not there. The position was eliminated. I told the person in Stage Mgmt that was fine and the next person he would hear from would be my attorney and that they had broken federal law. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 states, basically, that "No otherwise qualified individual with a disability... shall... by reason of her or his disability,... be... subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance..." CBS-TV does receive federal financing added to their budget. After about one week of discussion with the Business Representative of my Union and mgmnt personnel I was given the job. I then endured 12 years of job assignments and rough handling at times trying to make me quit since they could not fire me. DEFINITELY, DOCUMENT everything you/your husband can. Keep good records. As far as an attny, I will direct you to the best choice you can make. No, not finding a private attny for a lawsuit. First, advice and advocacy assistance. I do not know which state you live in. There is, in each state of this country, a Protection & Advocacy System. It is mandated by federal law and federally funded to exist. It is a legal firm and advocacy organization offering free assistance. You can go to http://www.protectionandadvocacy.com for the Nat'l Disability Rights Network, which is the nat'l "mother" org. On that site you can find the P&A in your state and call or go to them for assistance. They are all usually overloaded with incoming calls/casework so be patient. If you do not hear back in a couple of weeks, call with a gentle reminder. I will check back here periodically to see how things are flowing. Still deciding if I want to post my email address. You can go to my site for a variety of advocacy and disability issues. It is all text and links, plain and simple for info. I have not been working much on it over the last couple of years but have picked up again, updating, and handling the site. peace, jesse