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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 370725" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Go see your doctor first thing Monday. Get him to write a letter limiting what you are able to do. Then take it to HR and the boss. It then becomes and ADA issue. The knees and heart murmur will make it so that they will have to either provide some way to get you to the school to do that job or to keep you in your old job. Chances are it will become so sticky an issue that the other two will have to change and you will not. </p><p> </p><p>With health issues it becomes a disability issue and they MUST accommodate you if they insist on moving you out of a job that you are perfectly able to do into a job that you physically cannot do. Just like they could not take you from working in an office to digging ditches if your health could not take it. If they ask why you didn't mention the health earlier, tell them that with your current job it is not a problem and with the new job it will be. </p><p> </p><p>Have the doctor mention specific things in your current job that you can do and specific things in the new job that you cannot. Have these things listed for him before the meeting. Not able to walk more than X distance, must be in controlled climate and not exposed to extremes of heat or cold outside the range of 65-80 degrees, unable to climb more than 24 steps at a time, job should be seated 75% of the time, no kneeling, etc....</p><p> </p><p>List the things your job requires you to do and then write down some limits that are compatible with your job and NOT compatible with the new job. Let your doctor read and evaluate it and get a letter for you that incorporates those things and any other limits he feels are reasonable. If any lifting is part of the new job and not part of your old job then include those also.</p><p> </p><p>Chances are the doctors note will mean that they cannot force you to change jobs, but you need to act as soon as possible. </p><p> </p><p>If you get a bunch of grief over this, call your state representatives. They have a vested interest in making sure you are treated well and they have influence over state bureaucracy. First see your doctor and find out what can be done that way and with your boss to stop this. </p><p> </p><p>I bet your boss is not happy because he will no longer have any productivity because the other person will have no clue as to how to use the computer system or do any of the other things you do. </p><p> </p><p>So many times new bosses are idiot.</p><p> </p><p>Whatever happens do NOT quit. Fight any move to fire you, even if it is just the boss trying to make you miserable enough to quit. At your age you have an EXCELLENT chance to sue for age discrimination and to charge that they only want to move you to force you to quit so they don't have to pay your pension/retirement. The ACLU may be very helpful, as will the office that handles ADA stuff.</p><p> </p><p>I am so very sorry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 370725, member: 1233"] Go see your doctor first thing Monday. Get him to write a letter limiting what you are able to do. Then take it to HR and the boss. It then becomes and ADA issue. The knees and heart murmur will make it so that they will have to either provide some way to get you to the school to do that job or to keep you in your old job. Chances are it will become so sticky an issue that the other two will have to change and you will not. With health issues it becomes a disability issue and they MUST accommodate you if they insist on moving you out of a job that you are perfectly able to do into a job that you physically cannot do. Just like they could not take you from working in an office to digging ditches if your health could not take it. If they ask why you didn't mention the health earlier, tell them that with your current job it is not a problem and with the new job it will be. Have the doctor mention specific things in your current job that you can do and specific things in the new job that you cannot. Have these things listed for him before the meeting. Not able to walk more than X distance, must be in controlled climate and not exposed to extremes of heat or cold outside the range of 65-80 degrees, unable to climb more than 24 steps at a time, job should be seated 75% of the time, no kneeling, etc.... List the things your job requires you to do and then write down some limits that are compatible with your job and NOT compatible with the new job. Let your doctor read and evaluate it and get a letter for you that incorporates those things and any other limits he feels are reasonable. If any lifting is part of the new job and not part of your old job then include those also. Chances are the doctors note will mean that they cannot force you to change jobs, but you need to act as soon as possible. If you get a bunch of grief over this, call your state representatives. They have a vested interest in making sure you are treated well and they have influence over state bureaucracy. First see your doctor and find out what can be done that way and with your boss to stop this. I bet your boss is not happy because he will no longer have any productivity because the other person will have no clue as to how to use the computer system or do any of the other things you do. So many times new bosses are idiot. Whatever happens do NOT quit. Fight any move to fire you, even if it is just the boss trying to make you miserable enough to quit. At your age you have an EXCELLENT chance to sue for age discrimination and to charge that they only want to move you to force you to quit so they don't have to pay your pension/retirement. The ACLU may be very helpful, as will the office that handles ADA stuff. I am so very sorry. [/QUOTE]
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