What is the name of your state? Georgia
I was wondering if a emplyer can fire you when you are in the hospital about to undergo emergency surgery when you call in sick.
Heres the whole story its kinda long sorry I had been seeing a doctor for stomach pains for about a month that were so severe i would pass out. He did an ultrasound and found my gallbladder pretty much dead not to mention loaded with gallstones. But this doctor(who is not very good) told me to go home and it would clear up. Three days later I had such severe pain i had to go see a general surgeon---the general surgeon immediately admitted me to the hospital for a gallbladder removal. Turns out a stone was blocking my main bile duct--so i ended up having 2 operations. I could not walk or even eat. I called my boss from my hospital bed and told him i could not make it in( this is with 3 different IVs running into me). He basically told me unless i showed up to work he would fire me. Could he legally do this. This happened November 2001 so i had not worked long enough with the company to get unemployment. I do want to know if i have any legal course of action. I could understand if i called in because of a headache--but surgery???
PS I have worked since then(gotta support the family somehow)
I was wondering if a emplyer can fire you when you are in the hospital about to undergo emergency surgery when you call in sick.
Heres the whole story its kinda long sorry I had been seeing a doctor for stomach pains for about a month that were so severe i would pass out. He did an ultrasound and found my gallbladder pretty much dead not to mention loaded with gallstones. But this doctor(who is not very good) told me to go home and it would clear up. Three days later I had such severe pain i had to go see a general surgeon---the general surgeon immediately admitted me to the hospital for a gallbladder removal. Turns out a stone was blocking my main bile duct--so i ended up having 2 operations. I could not walk or even eat. I called my boss from my hospital bed and told him i could not make it in( this is with 3 different IVs running into me). He basically told me unless i showed up to work he would fire me. Could he legally do this. This happened November 2001 so i had not worked long enough with the company to get unemployment. I do want to know if i have any legal course of action. I could understand if i called in because of a headache--but surgery???
PS I have worked since then(gotta support the family somehow)