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Old Dec 20, 2008, 04:21 PM
skymonk skymonk is offline
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Location: Portland, OR
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Sorry to hear about your employment troubles, especially now with our economy so bad. I don't know about the laws myself-so I'm going to be looking them up! I had a situation where I was being verbally&emotionally abused by my boss&when I requested termination after I'd found another job she point blank told me she never would have hired me if she'd known I was bipolar. Wish I could have tape recorded that to play in a court room. Unfortunately it seems like there are so many loopholes in employment laws here that YOU have to prove THEY discriminated when they're usually very crafty&have better lawyers because they can afford them than you can. They can make up whatever excuse they want for why they fired you&YOU have to prove THEY lied. Hard to do. Have you thought of looking up an ombudsman? They're community leaders that stand up for those who need help-mostly for the elderly, but they may for your situation too. If you can, I'd tape record any conversations you have with your bosses' whether they know it or not&definitely try to create a paper trail of all of both of your actions. Hope this helps&believe me I know how hurtful this is. It's ridiculous how big of a stigma there is on mental illness in this day&age in the States. Best of luck&definitely check with a lawyer.
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I am a 39 year old female that is diagnosed with bipolar disorder,anxiety disorder and post traumatic stress syndome. I'm on disability and often have no one to talk to when I'm not feeling so good. So please contact me if you'd like to talk or share or vent. I'm listening!