What is the name of your state? MN
I've worked at the same company for 23 years. For the past 2-3, I've taken FMLA intermittently for chronic daily headaches/migraines.
In early June, I was out 9 days with my doctor's approval because my head pain had gotten out of control; and both the doctor and I felt I needed to break my normal daily schedule for awhile to try to get out of this cycle.
About 3 weeks ago, my supervisor called me into a meeting room, she had written a memo entitled "Performance Expectations".
Let's jump backwards a bit here, as I've been intermittently out, I've heard many comments from her, like "What are we going to do with you?" On my performance appraisals, she counts my attendance against me; even though it's covered under FMLA, and things of this nature.
In this meeting, needless to say, I was furious. I asked her what she was doing? She said she wanted to go over my "job expectations" with me, because she needs someone there full-time, and I'm not doing that.... I asked her if anything was being done late and she claimed, "NO."
I said I didn't understand, then, what she was trying to accomplish. What she had also put into this memo was the fact that she wants me to call her every single day I'm out on any kind of leave. I asked her if she meant like the 9 days I missed earlier, and she stated yes. I said "No way am I going to do that. I had proper doctor documentation and no one else in the company EVER had to do that." The only thing the company required was a notice to the occupational health nurse. I said that she wasn't even privy to information as to the "why" I was out even. And I felt she was harassing me.
I've also spoken to her about that, as she used to blab that around to lots of people when I'd be gone. People would ask, "Where is ________?" And she would say, "______ is out AGAIN with a migraine." So when I would come back to work, so-and-so would say to me, so you were out with a migraine? And I would be pissed off! I wouldn't give these people the time of day normally. Why would I tell them why I'd been out? I asked my supervisor several times to NOT tell people ANYTHING about me and it took several times for her to comply.
Also, from the time I was out for 9 days until this meeting, she wouldn't even talk to me. I mean NOTHING. She's my conduit to what is going on in the company, and she refused to even be civil to me.
I went to HR and talked to a person in there about the memo. She told me that my supervisor had come to her the week before, asking if it would be okay to write this memo to me. So, I knew right away that I was going to get nowhere within HR.
I told this HR person that my supervisor was harassing me about FMLA and that she couldn't do that. She said, No she isn't. I said yes, she is. She can't require me to call in every day I'm out on FMLA. And the HR person said, Yes, she can. I said no she can't.
Then, I realized what the thought was here, so I said.....I DO call her when I'm out for one day or a couple hours...that's called "common courtesy." I don't need to be told to do that.
She wants me to call her every day when I'm out for an extended FMLA leave, like for 7 or 9 days. The HR person said You're out for leaves longer than one day? I said yes. The HR person just stared at me for about 1 minute, not saying a word. Then said, "Well, I guess we could mediate that....blah blah blah." I said, well, I guess I'll have to think about this some more. I'm not getting anywhere here.
That pretty much wraps up what I've been going through. Needless to say, it's definitely put a huge amount of stress on me. It's just me and my supervisor who work together. There aren't any more people. She has created a very bad situation here, in my opinion.
I feel I'm being harassed. What is your opinion? Do I have any rights at all here?
Badhead
I've worked at the same company for 23 years. For the past 2-3, I've taken FMLA intermittently for chronic daily headaches/migraines.
In early June, I was out 9 days with my doctor's approval because my head pain had gotten out of control; and both the doctor and I felt I needed to break my normal daily schedule for awhile to try to get out of this cycle.
About 3 weeks ago, my supervisor called me into a meeting room, she had written a memo entitled "Performance Expectations".
Let's jump backwards a bit here, as I've been intermittently out, I've heard many comments from her, like "What are we going to do with you?" On my performance appraisals, she counts my attendance against me; even though it's covered under FMLA, and things of this nature.
In this meeting, needless to say, I was furious. I asked her what she was doing? She said she wanted to go over my "job expectations" with me, because she needs someone there full-time, and I'm not doing that.... I asked her if anything was being done late and she claimed, "NO."
I said I didn't understand, then, what she was trying to accomplish. What she had also put into this memo was the fact that she wants me to call her every single day I'm out on any kind of leave. I asked her if she meant like the 9 days I missed earlier, and she stated yes. I said "No way am I going to do that. I had proper doctor documentation and no one else in the company EVER had to do that." The only thing the company required was a notice to the occupational health nurse. I said that she wasn't even privy to information as to the "why" I was out even. And I felt she was harassing me.
I've also spoken to her about that, as she used to blab that around to lots of people when I'd be gone. People would ask, "Where is ________?" And she would say, "______ is out AGAIN with a migraine." So when I would come back to work, so-and-so would say to me, so you were out with a migraine? And I would be pissed off! I wouldn't give these people the time of day normally. Why would I tell them why I'd been out? I asked my supervisor several times to NOT tell people ANYTHING about me and it took several times for her to comply.
Also, from the time I was out for 9 days until this meeting, she wouldn't even talk to me. I mean NOTHING. She's my conduit to what is going on in the company, and she refused to even be civil to me.
I went to HR and talked to a person in there about the memo. She told me that my supervisor had come to her the week before, asking if it would be okay to write this memo to me. So, I knew right away that I was going to get nowhere within HR.
I told this HR person that my supervisor was harassing me about FMLA and that she couldn't do that. She said, No she isn't. I said yes, she is. She can't require me to call in every day I'm out on FMLA. And the HR person said, Yes, she can. I said no she can't.
Then, I realized what the thought was here, so I said.....I DO call her when I'm out for one day or a couple hours...that's called "common courtesy." I don't need to be told to do that.
She wants me to call her every day when I'm out for an extended FMLA leave, like for 7 or 9 days. The HR person said You're out for leaves longer than one day? I said yes. The HR person just stared at me for about 1 minute, not saying a word. Then said, "Well, I guess we could mediate that....blah blah blah." I said, well, I guess I'll have to think about this some more. I'm not getting anywhere here.
That pretty much wraps up what I've been going through. Needless to say, it's definitely put a huge amount of stress on me. It's just me and my supervisor who work together. There aren't any more people. She has created a very bad situation here, in my opinion.
I feel I'm being harassed. What is your opinion? Do I have any rights at all here?
Badhead