quincy
Senior Member
I agree with cbg and Ladyback1. There is nothing that prevents you from filing a worker's compensation claim (keeping in mind cbg's earlier caveats) and you can also file for SSDI benefits (as suggested by Ladyback1).I have had to resign from work due to a fatigue-related illness which my Doctor says was caused by working rotating 12 hour shifts over a long period of time.
Are there any legal precedents or other cases in which long-term rotating 12 hour shifts have been put forward as Workers Compensation?.
Thanks.
There have been worker's compensation cases where chronic fatigue syndrome has been one of the conditions claimed but, after a brief search, I couldn't locate a published case that involved rotating shifts. As cbg said, due to privacy concerns these cases are generally not available for the public to view.
That said, and although the following worker's compensation case is not out of California and it is not especially relevant to your expressed concerns (other than for a brief discussion of CFS), here is a link to a worker's compensation case from the Appellate Court of Illinois where it was determined, based on the facts of the case, that the chronic fatigue suffered by the worker was not a work-related condition:
https://www.state.il.us/court/R23_Orders/WorkersComp/2011/March/3100148WC_R23.pdf
With a number of recent studies on sleep deprivation and with increasing attention being paid to how a lack of sleep affects workers, I imagine there will be a corresponding increase in the number of worker's compensation claims being filed that involve CFS.
Here is a link to the Social Security Administration's ruling, effective May 8th of this year, on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and how claims involving CFS are to be evaluated:
https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0424515075
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