mojave_rab
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? California
For the last 6 months I have been working as a Registered Nurse for a Home Health Care agency. Basically I visit people in their homes to perform health care and training. The job is sporadic and I am only paid a flat amount no matter how long it takes. Typically I see any where from 1 to 5 patients each day I work, with 4 being the average. In the past there have been many days where there were no patients at all, but lately I have been working 10 days straight without a day off.
This week I caught a really bad cold and could not work. I called the agency (day 1) to let them know I could not work. They were very upset with me as they had no one else that could see the patients. I explained how I have never missed any work and I was really sick. They told me to come to work any way. I told them I couldn't make it.
The next day (day 2) I talked to them again and they talked me into going to see one patient. They were still upset that I would not go and see more people. I just felt to bad to work and didn't want to expose my patients to my cold. So I told them I couldn't and went home.
The next day (day 3) I talked to them again and told them I could probably make it the next day. They said since I have been out 3 days they need a doctors note to return to work.
Do I really need to pay a doctor $150 to get a note to return to work. This was not a long term illness, it's just a cold. I really only missed 2 days, even though they say it's 3. Since I am part time there are no fixed amount of days or patients. If I seen one patient that day I worked that day. The agency says part time means you have to see at least 4 people, even though they can't always get me 4 patients to see.
This just doesn't sound fair to me. What do you think?
For the last 6 months I have been working as a Registered Nurse for a Home Health Care agency. Basically I visit people in their homes to perform health care and training. The job is sporadic and I am only paid a flat amount no matter how long it takes. Typically I see any where from 1 to 5 patients each day I work, with 4 being the average. In the past there have been many days where there were no patients at all, but lately I have been working 10 days straight without a day off.
This week I caught a really bad cold and could not work. I called the agency (day 1) to let them know I could not work. They were very upset with me as they had no one else that could see the patients. I explained how I have never missed any work and I was really sick. They told me to come to work any way. I told them I couldn't make it.
The next day (day 2) I talked to them again and they talked me into going to see one patient. They were still upset that I would not go and see more people. I just felt to bad to work and didn't want to expose my patients to my cold. So I told them I couldn't and went home.
The next day (day 3) I talked to them again and told them I could probably make it the next day. They said since I have been out 3 days they need a doctors note to return to work.
Do I really need to pay a doctor $150 to get a note to return to work. This was not a long term illness, it's just a cold. I really only missed 2 days, even though they say it's 3. Since I am part time there are no fixed amount of days or patients. If I seen one patient that day I worked that day. The agency says part time means you have to see at least 4 people, even though they can't always get me 4 patients to see.
This just doesn't sound fair to me. What do you think?