What is the name of your state? Wisconsin
I became ill in the beginning of January this year. I am a salaried employee, so I called in and told them each morning that I was sick. The following weekend, I had to go to the hospital, and I was told that I should stay away from work until my symptoms abated. I received letters from my doctor explaining the illness, and my employer told me to bring the letters in when I returned to work. The virus that I had lasted 6 weeks. All during that time, I called them each day and kept in touch. They had sent me a packet after I was gone for 2 weeks, it had short term disability forms, and a form that my doctor was to fill out. They had also told me to bring that in when I came back. Sometime later, I got a phone call from someone asking why my job position was posted on the Internet. I had no idea, and they had not given me any indication that my job was in jeopardy. When I confronted them they told me to come in the following week, and we could discuss it then. They told me that surely I would understand, and that they could not hold my job indefinitely. When I wrote them back, they told me that I was fired because I had not let them know what was wrong with me, and that they hadn't received notes from my doctor. I had kept in touch on almost a daily basis, and they told me to bring the paperwork in when I returned.
Is this something that an employer can do?
I became ill in the beginning of January this year. I am a salaried employee, so I called in and told them each morning that I was sick. The following weekend, I had to go to the hospital, and I was told that I should stay away from work until my symptoms abated. I received letters from my doctor explaining the illness, and my employer told me to bring the letters in when I returned to work. The virus that I had lasted 6 weeks. All during that time, I called them each day and kept in touch. They had sent me a packet after I was gone for 2 weeks, it had short term disability forms, and a form that my doctor was to fill out. They had also told me to bring that in when I came back. Sometime later, I got a phone call from someone asking why my job position was posted on the Internet. I had no idea, and they had not given me any indication that my job was in jeopardy. When I confronted them they told me to come in the following week, and we could discuss it then. They told me that surely I would understand, and that they could not hold my job indefinitely. When I wrote them back, they told me that I was fired because I had not let them know what was wrong with me, and that they hadn't received notes from my doctor. I had kept in touch on almost a daily basis, and they told me to bring the paperwork in when I returned.
Is this something that an employer can do?
