What is the name of your state? Michigan
I resigned from my full time job in October due to attendance. My attendance issues stem from complications related to Rheumatoid Arthritis and the treatment regimine (my job involved a lot of physical labor, heavy lifting, manual dexterity). In June of this year I requested a reasonable accommodation (or so I thought). I followed what I thought was the EEOC's advice in that plain language was acceptable and there were no "magic words" needed. After reading through many posts here it sounds like actual practice in the HR world is different and that I should have used "reasonable accommodation." The specific wording I used was "due to my rheumatoid arthritis I am wondering if a reduced schedule or something similar is a possibility."
Obviously there are many more details to the story but I didn't want to post a wall of text. I have an EEOC interview coming up next month and I am starting to wonder if I didn't do my part. I would be very grateful for your take as well as any insight into what the EEOC interview process is like. Thank you.
Also I was employed full time and my employer was private sector.
I resigned from my full time job in October due to attendance. My attendance issues stem from complications related to Rheumatoid Arthritis and the treatment regimine (my job involved a lot of physical labor, heavy lifting, manual dexterity). In June of this year I requested a reasonable accommodation (or so I thought). I followed what I thought was the EEOC's advice in that plain language was acceptable and there were no "magic words" needed. After reading through many posts here it sounds like actual practice in the HR world is different and that I should have used "reasonable accommodation." The specific wording I used was "due to my rheumatoid arthritis I am wondering if a reduced schedule or something similar is a possibility."
Obviously there are many more details to the story but I didn't want to post a wall of text. I have an EEOC interview coming up next month and I am starting to wonder if I didn't do my part. I would be very grateful for your take as well as any insight into what the EEOC interview process is like. Thank you.
Also I was employed full time and my employer was private sector.