What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Nevada
My employer is forcing us to deal with these things regularly now as part of our job, in order to save money on irradication. It has never been a part of our job description.
The chemicals unless able to settle for a few days, have sent me to urgent care for treatment once already while they just laugh about it.
I have been employed for over 7 years at this place, but their insistance on saving the almighty dollar is now adding to our workload, and fear of job loss.
They claim we have all been "trained" (sent to a room that was partially treated and told by the exterminator what his theories were about them, while every other company has their own opinions) but none of us has ever been certified in dealing with these, and we were told if we want, we can wear paint suits, but no procedure has been put in place except to fly by the seat of their pants in dealing with these things.
All of us have griped about it, as they send close to 14 people in and out of these rooms but I am the one who has been vocal about it, and now they are trying to paper trail me out instead of dealing with the issue properly. CDC and EPA consider these things a public health hazard like a lice outbreak. And we all know it is just a matter of time before I bring them home too, as others have already. Do we have any recourse outside of quitting or getting fired?
Last weekend they put 7 infested rooms back in use for a weekend knowing people would be in them, then took them out again on Monday to remove the bugs. That alone would tell me negligence, but I have no clue.
My employer is forcing us to deal with these things regularly now as part of our job, in order to save money on irradication. It has never been a part of our job description.
The chemicals unless able to settle for a few days, have sent me to urgent care for treatment once already while they just laugh about it.
I have been employed for over 7 years at this place, but their insistance on saving the almighty dollar is now adding to our workload, and fear of job loss.
They claim we have all been "trained" (sent to a room that was partially treated and told by the exterminator what his theories were about them, while every other company has their own opinions) but none of us has ever been certified in dealing with these, and we were told if we want, we can wear paint suits, but no procedure has been put in place except to fly by the seat of their pants in dealing with these things.
All of us have griped about it, as they send close to 14 people in and out of these rooms but I am the one who has been vocal about it, and now they are trying to paper trail me out instead of dealing with the issue properly. CDC and EPA consider these things a public health hazard like a lice outbreak. And we all know it is just a matter of time before I bring them home too, as others have already. Do we have any recourse outside of quitting or getting fired?
Last weekend they put 7 infested rooms back in use for a weekend knowing people would be in them, then took them out again on Monday to remove the bugs. That alone would tell me negligence, but I have no clue.
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