husband injured his back at work, he was out of work for a few weeks and recieved workman’s comp. then he was released back to work on light duty. he has been going to physical therapy 3 times a week for 2 months and has recieved 3 (maximum per year!) cortisone shots and is still in so much pain he can hardly move sometimes! it hurts him to sit or stand to long, his restrictions are no standing for long periods, no heavy lifting, squatting, bending, repetitive motion, or walking long distances. he is a custodian at a local high school and his light duty is cleaning all desks and chairs, walking the campus of the school to different class rooms etc. his sick and vacation days kicked back in july 1st, and when he wanted to use a sick day last week – because he woke up and could hardly move! – they said he couldn’t, he had to take a dock day because he was on work restricton!!! this makes NO sense to us! why can’t he use his sick day???
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I have worked at my current employer for 4 years. Very good attendence, very good performance, top notch employer. Two months ago I was the victim of an auto accident. In that time I have missed about 100 hours from work. Missed work was due to doctors appt., physical therapy appts., psychologist appts., all of which I had a doctors note each time. The other times I was out was from not being able to get outta the bed from my lower back pain. All this they are aware of and they haven’t said anything to me other than I hope you get to feeling better. Then they had a meeting with me today & wanted to know what’s going on & what can be done to help my production. They commented that I have always been a great employee but now it’s going down hill and they claim they understand because of the tragic accident I was in but the way they sounded is I better shape up or they’ll ship me out. They said I need to get with HR & show them all my medical notes. I am scared. Can they fire me?
That is, if he or she works for a clinic, hospital, etc.
I have begun my first year of college as a Bachelor of Arts in Music major and Pre-Physical Therapy student, and I read that some PT students can receive assistance for graduate study through their employer. Is it possible that I could qualify for this type of assistance when it is time for me to attend Physical Therapy School?