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Old Jun 28, 2022, 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by divine1966 View Post
It says “may”. Typically it means it “will not”.

You won’t qualify for unemployment because it is impossible to prove that the job is causing you to be sick. Honestly if I couldn’t do my job because it’s too hard or stressful, I’d quit and take any job. There are no shortage of jobs. Of course it doesn’t mean you’d have a good job. It would mean it would be whatever job. Then I would look for a job of my choice. I had to do it several times in my life.

Now I think it depends what the doc writes in the documentation. My husband actually had to leave his job due to medically documented reasons (nor mental, but physical issue after surgery). His doctor actually suggested lighter duties. Those weren’t available. Doctor gave him a note that stated that doctor cannot provide authorization for returning to his previous position due to potential danger of reinhury, so he had to leave his job. He didn’t want to but doctor wouldn’t put his signature down saying he could do the job.

But we never thought he’d qualify for unemployment, he found a new job before his medical leave was over. But now I think maybe he’d qualify. The note verbatim stated that he cannot return to his current job position due to danger to his health.

So I wonder if a doctor can write that this job really causes you issues. But he might need specific examples of what it’s in a job duties that causes you issues. Not sure what would he say? He can’t say doing audit. Maybe like speaking in front of people causes you distress?
I think I could qualify. I’ve taken the required steps to try to make it work, ie, a leave of absence and reduced responsibilities. Now that they’re giving me more, my mental health has worsened. All I need is a doctors note saying it’s the stress at work that has exacerbated my symptoms.
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