What is the name of your state? Montana
First, I am unsure where to post this question, so if it's in the wrong forum, I apologize.
My family and several other people are plagued with perfume/scent allergies. My fiance is deathly allergic to perfume/scents. His employer has been notified, but hasn't done much. In fact, a few months ago they moved him from a shared office space where the door could be shut and a warning was posted "not to enter if wearing perfume" to an open area where everyone passes by his desk. He has several allergy "attacks" at work each week. His allergy is severe enough that his doctor has told him that he will die from it. He used to have asthma attacks, but it has escalated to the point where he quits breathing completely and has migraine headaches (that last hours to days), dizziness and blackouts. If he has more than one attack within several hours, each subsequent attack gets worse. He has had up to 3 attacks in one day at his office. Wednesday was the first time where he actually passed out from the perfume another employee was wearing and he hit his head on a desk. He carries an epi-pen (sp?) shot, but if the people around him don't know how to use it he has a problem. He has shown the people that share his space what to do and where to find the epi-pen, but Wednesday he had been dispatched to another part of the building where the people did not know how to use it.
I have done some research on ADA and I know that there is specific language in it regarding the fact that breathing is essential to life and anything that interferes with that needs to have a reasonable accommodation by an employer. What are his options at this point?
First, I am unsure where to post this question, so if it's in the wrong forum, I apologize.
My family and several other people are plagued with perfume/scent allergies. My fiance is deathly allergic to perfume/scents. His employer has been notified, but hasn't done much. In fact, a few months ago they moved him from a shared office space where the door could be shut and a warning was posted "not to enter if wearing perfume" to an open area where everyone passes by his desk. He has several allergy "attacks" at work each week. His allergy is severe enough that his doctor has told him that he will die from it. He used to have asthma attacks, but it has escalated to the point where he quits breathing completely and has migraine headaches (that last hours to days), dizziness and blackouts. If he has more than one attack within several hours, each subsequent attack gets worse. He has had up to 3 attacks in one day at his office. Wednesday was the first time where he actually passed out from the perfume another employee was wearing and he hit his head on a desk. He carries an epi-pen (sp?) shot, but if the people around him don't know how to use it he has a problem. He has shown the people that share his space what to do and where to find the epi-pen, but Wednesday he had been dispatched to another part of the building where the people did not know how to use it.
I have done some research on ADA and I know that there is specific language in it regarding the fact that breathing is essential to life and anything that interferes with that needs to have a reasonable accommodation by an employer. What are his options at this point?
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