What is the name of your state?New York
I work for a union that refers me out to contractors for work. I was sent out to a company that was renovating an active sewage treatment plant. After several weeks of working around the raw sewage tanks I contracted a virus that left me ill for 3 days. I thought nothing of it thinking maybe it was food poisoning or something like that.
I returned to work after that and worked several more weeks before contracting another more serious virus. This time I was incapacitated and unable to work for two weeks. After returning to work and explaining my illness to my superiors and other co-workers I was relieved to know that I was not the only employee to come down with this type of illness and that other employees had also lost similar amounts of time from work due to it. The common denominator seemed to be the fact that we were being exposed to bacteria from the sewage. Even though the major symptoms had left I was still left feeling ill. I was left feeling week and had other minor symptoms. After taking a day off from work to see my Doctor about my condition, I received a call from my foreman that said I was being fired for absenteeism. Upon returning to my union with my termination slip and Doctors note my union informed me that I was being suspended and that I would not be referred out to any more jobs due to my "bad layoff". The Doctors note was not sufficient to justify my absence. Since then my blood results from my Doctor came back and it turns out that I tested positive for a life threatening viral infection. I have just received a letter from my union stating that I was being removed from the hiring list and deemed unemployable and unavailable for work. And my health insurance was cancelled retroactive to my termination date. I am now jobless and unable to seek treatment for my disease.
Do I have a case?
Thanks in advance for any reply.
I work for a union that refers me out to contractors for work. I was sent out to a company that was renovating an active sewage treatment plant. After several weeks of working around the raw sewage tanks I contracted a virus that left me ill for 3 days. I thought nothing of it thinking maybe it was food poisoning or something like that.
I returned to work after that and worked several more weeks before contracting another more serious virus. This time I was incapacitated and unable to work for two weeks. After returning to work and explaining my illness to my superiors and other co-workers I was relieved to know that I was not the only employee to come down with this type of illness and that other employees had also lost similar amounts of time from work due to it. The common denominator seemed to be the fact that we were being exposed to bacteria from the sewage. Even though the major symptoms had left I was still left feeling ill. I was left feeling week and had other minor symptoms. After taking a day off from work to see my Doctor about my condition, I received a call from my foreman that said I was being fired for absenteeism. Upon returning to my union with my termination slip and Doctors note my union informed me that I was being suspended and that I would not be referred out to any more jobs due to my "bad layoff". The Doctors note was not sufficient to justify my absence. Since then my blood results from my Doctor came back and it turns out that I tested positive for a life threatening viral infection. I have just received a letter from my union stating that I was being removed from the hiring list and deemed unemployable and unavailable for work. And my health insurance was cancelled retroactive to my termination date. I am now jobless and unable to seek treatment for my disease.
Do I have a case?
Thanks in advance for any reply.