Hi Rose,

I'm so sorry that you experienced this. And you're probably right, you probably were discriminated against.

I had a really bad experience on a job at a major hospital, where I was required on the occupational health form to list all meds I was on. When I questioned the necessity of this, they said it was in case of I was ever in a medical emergency at work. I was being accommodated with flex time so I could attend aftercare at my rehab, which was something I'd negotiated during the hiring process without disclosing why. But about 3 weeks after I'd been on the job, my manager wanted to "formalize" my arrangement with occ health. They told him everything. Suddenly it was like I had 3 heads, some people in the department wouldn't even talk to me, and a week later I was let go as being a "poor fit" Unfortunately it was during the probationary period when they can just let you go for no cause. I talked to a couple of HR types afterward and they said I had a good case for a discrimination case, but I chose not to pursue it, because there was no way I wanted my name dragged through the papers as I do have a desire to work in this town again.

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