Virginia
I have a question regarding medical leaves of absence during pregnancy. I was hired on as a Sales Director on May 8th 2007. I worked extremely hard and it was well known that I was expecting. A position opened for the administrator of the assisted living where I was working. I received an offer almost immediately from the regional who had met me prior and thought I would be a good fit. I held the position for four weeks before on October 12th, I was told that I should be induced on the 13th. I had previously spoken with the regional and it was agreed that I would take three weeks of maternity leave if I had a natural child birth or four if I had a caesarean. After I had my child, I began to have complications, quite serious ones. I recovered but my physician felt that I needed to take the full six weeks. He would only allow me to return to work at four weeks half days, despite my efforts to convince him otherwise. I returned Monday November 12th. I was told to send my physicians note to human resources. Later that day I spoke with a human resource’s associate. She informed me that I either needed to be released fully or go back home. I went home at the end of the day and immediately contacted my physician who still would not release me. Two days later at 5 PM I was called and told that my position was terminated, that I hadn’t done anything wrong but that I broke policy. I was told I could reapply for any open position but just found out that they filled the position last week from an employee still working there.
I'm not covered by FMLA but do I have any legal ground?
I have a question regarding medical leaves of absence during pregnancy. I was hired on as a Sales Director on May 8th 2007. I worked extremely hard and it was well known that I was expecting. A position opened for the administrator of the assisted living where I was working. I received an offer almost immediately from the regional who had met me prior and thought I would be a good fit. I held the position for four weeks before on October 12th, I was told that I should be induced on the 13th. I had previously spoken with the regional and it was agreed that I would take three weeks of maternity leave if I had a natural child birth or four if I had a caesarean. After I had my child, I began to have complications, quite serious ones. I recovered but my physician felt that I needed to take the full six weeks. He would only allow me to return to work at four weeks half days, despite my efforts to convince him otherwise. I returned Monday November 12th. I was told to send my physicians note to human resources. Later that day I spoke with a human resource’s associate. She informed me that I either needed to be released fully or go back home. I went home at the end of the day and immediately contacted my physician who still would not release me. Two days later at 5 PM I was called and told that my position was terminated, that I hadn’t done anything wrong but that I broke policy. I was told I could reapply for any open position but just found out that they filled the position last week from an employee still working there.
I'm not covered by FMLA but do I have any legal ground?
