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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 237485" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>MWM, that's about the only reason that I'm glad I work for the State! Not that they can't get just as sneaky, but at least we have recourse if they do. We have grievance procedures and an employees association that will provide you with an attorney if needed.</p><p> </p><p>But I know how it is in the 'real world' too - I've seen it with my son. He does heavy industrial welding and now has carpal tunnel and arthritis in both wrists and hands (and he's only 28!). He really needed surgery but refused to have it done. Theoretically, he could have it done on Workers Comp, but he says they have a way of getting rid of people who do that. And that was even before the unemployment rate got so high here! So he won't even consider having surgery now. Yeah, he could maybe take them to court, if he had the money to pay an attorney, but <em>they</em> have a lot more money than <em>he</em> does! They can terminate anyone at any time for any reason. They could always say it was for something else, and it would be up to him to prove that it was because of his medical condition that he got from working for THEM!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 237485, member: 1883"] MWM, that's about the only reason that I'm glad I work for the State! Not that they can't get just as sneaky, but at least we have recourse if they do. We have grievance procedures and an employees association that will provide you with an attorney if needed. But I know how it is in the 'real world' too - I've seen it with my son. He does heavy industrial welding and now has carpal tunnel and arthritis in both wrists and hands (and he's only 28!). He really needed surgery but refused to have it done. Theoretically, he could have it done on Workers Comp, but he says they have a way of getting rid of people who do that. And that was even before the unemployment rate got so high here! So he won't even consider having surgery now. Yeah, he could maybe take them to court, if he had the money to pay an attorney, but [I]they[/I] have a lot more money than [I]he[/I] does! They can terminate anyone at any time for any reason. They could always say it was for something else, and it would be up to him to prove that it was because of his medical condition that he got from working for THEM! [/QUOTE]
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