False Statements to DFEH by Employer

I am very unhappy with the DFEH employees who closed my claim after receiving the responses from my employer about my accusations. I was livid when I realized that my employer had given false statements that led to the closure of my claim, and I wasn't allowed to respond with my own proof. I have a right to sue letter, but I want to have an opportunity to re-open my DFEH claim, if possible. I at least want a chance to disprove my employer's lies.

wrongful termination

CAlifornia mental health discrimination - what evidence can an employer present? Is it limited to my personnel file?

Americans with Disabilities

I am being forced to medically retire after 14 years at LAUSD: 1) because I can no longer work with a permanent injury i received on the job 2) I am now on Dialysis and cannot work due to illness.

Can someone please help me medically retire WITH benefits? Medical retirement leaves me with no health insurance yet serious health issues. It also leaves me with less than 1/3 of my current income. Is this acceptable. How can MEDICAL retirement leave you with no medical insurance?? Please help.

handicap parking size requirements

Is there a general size and diagram of a handicap parking space in riverside, calif?

common law marriage

My fiance and I would like to get married but cannot because he will lose his disability benefits and we will end up with an income of $400/mo. Will he lose his benefits if we have a common law marriage?

medical leave

can am employer fire you for any reason at all while you are out on medical leave?

disabled

i'm working with a company for 3 months but this week they said i had to start taking my lunch break in the lunchroom.i've quit taking my lunch so i figured i could stay at my desk but today i was sent home for not leaving my workplace.i'm on crutches and it is extremly hard on me to do that.i would like to know what rights do i have legaly about this situation

Closed head injury

I'm getting made fun of and then kicked out because i get mad and waitresses names and then get kicked out. I cann't help the way i act when i get mad it even causes tone in my right side that causes me to not be able to get any better because of my closed head injury so what i'm asking you is could i go into court and fight it on my own. I don't have expeirence

ADA Reasonable Accomodation

I'm a teacher born without use of one hand. I have Handicapped tags from DMV. After 7 years of struggle & pain, I have requested this year to remain in one classroom all day to limit items I must carry between classes. School insists 2 rooms next to each other is reasonable enough despite all other 'walking' & other disabled (ie. 'obese') and about 20 % teachers non-disabled being assigned only 1 classroom for entire day. Does the school have the right to make a judgement that I should be able to deal with this arrangement ? Or does my disabled status afford me the accomodation I feel I need? I could supply a dr's note if required. Thank you.

An injury left me retired and found incapable of working.

I worked for the State . I was injured at work,a back injury.I had an operation to fuse my back in 1999.An impartial exam was done.The doctors report stated I was permanent,and total,and was not fit for any gainful employment. I suffer with chronic pain,take opiates daily,and use a wheel chair,and cane.Yet the retirement people insist on having my wife wheel me into periodic examinations.Is`nt this a form of harrassment? Afterall they had excepted the impartial doctors findings that I had reached my end result,and incapable of work in any field,ever. It is very painful for me to even go to the food store let alone drive to a doctors office for no apparent reason.

Termination

I was recently terminated from a job because of my attendance, i had missed too many days. Most of the days i missed was because of my Cyatica. Question: Is Cyatica a disability, and is there anything i can do to get my job back?

Asthma/Dogs in workplace

I've been trying to find employment in residential care settings and have had to walk out of interviews two times already because there were large dogs and/or cats in the facility (these were not service animals). I have severe allergies and asthma and would never be able to work this places due to the dander, etc. What can I do? I am so frustrated. Do I have any legal rights here under the ADA?

disability ADA

I work in an office bldg that has alotted spaces for tenants (our office has one - which my boss uses) Since I am handicapped and have a legal placard I have been using the handicap spot (there is only one) I was told today by the building manager that it is for customers only and bldg tenants cannot use it. Is this legal?

I saw your answer to this person. I work on Fort Knox and There are several handicap spots. I have been told I cannot park in the front spot that it is for guests. They have an employee parking lot that does not have a handicap spot. When I arrivae at 0130 they is usually 1-3 handicap spots availabile in the front lot. Is this legal?

Need Legal Representation ASAP- ADA related

I own a small restaurant in SF and was recently served for ADA non-compliance by an attorney and plaintiff that is known for filing frivilous lawsuits. I have until July 3, 2008 to respond but cannot afford to pay litigation fees. The plaintiff made several false accusations on the complaint and has targeted countless business around my neighborhood. If anyone knows of an attorney based in SF that is reasonably priced, please contact me asap. I've gone through countless sleepless nights and trips to the doctors due to the stress that this lawsuit has caused me. Please help. Thank you so much!

Hearing loss and employment.

I am in my fifties, trained as an RN, with progressive familial deafness that hearing aides don�t seem to help: especially in crowds. I can communicate decently in a controlled, quiet, one to one group where I can use lip reading to improve my comprehension. I have slowly moved myself from direct patient care to quality management, where hearing is less vital. My company is strongly tiered, with retirement pegged to final pay. I was recently asked to leave my last position because of my hearing and problems hearing in a group situation. Thanks to the ADA, I was able to get my workplace to offer another position. Despite the move, I find myself at a severe disadvantage because most of the work involves knowledge held in �corporate memory� and transmitted verbally. My problem is how to protect myself from the consequences of my failure to be fully aware of the shared, verbally transmitted, knowledge. One thing I have considered is that I might be better off retiring with disability from my work than I would be staying. This is difficult however, because they said in my last position, I couldn�t do the job, because of my disability, but because there seems to be no standard for �legal deafness�, I was not disabled.

Handicap placard parking

I attended a college sporting event where the only close handicap parking was in a donor only lot. They made me park almost a quarter mile from my seats when the other lot was one hundred feet away. Is this permitted under the ADA laws?

employer put me on a performance imprvment plan

If I dont suceed on this PIP can emplyr still fire me since I suffer from depression? they know I suffer from it,been on disability twice for it including outpatient.Im a 15yr employee.

Is this considered disability discrimation ?

I'm currently a teacher in CA and am hearing impaired due to being a helicoptor pilot for 20 yrs. I have been teaching for more than 10 years now. I'm a resource specialist who works with disabled kids. Over the past few years my principal has made numerous rude comments about my hearing impairment during staff meetings. She has repeatly humiliated me and talked down to me in front of other teahers. She verbally assaulted me again yesterday and this morning she told me that she doesn't think that I am a good teacher because of my hearing disability and that she is questioning my ability to do my job. I'm angry about the way that I have been treated and am curious to know if I have any recouse.

fired while on company dusanility

I was witness to a crime in feb 2007

The situation i witnessed is now an

active police case with me awaiting

trial any day to appear as a witness.

I've been under stress and on feb 5th

of this

year had a loss of hearing and vertigo

all related to said stress. Knowing

about disability this time, I filed and it

was accepted and my employer said

take care get better, I asked if I'd still

have a job and they said yes, take

time and get better, as this case is

coming up any day now. I am on at

least four drug upon which I am

seriously dependent due to PTSD

conditions and see the doctor at least

every wee. Today after psych therapy

I was texted by my boss to call and

told I was being fired.I thought I was

safe on disability. They never even

called to ask when I could come back,

just sudden and out of the blue. I was

always an excelent employee. I was

not told of FMLA. Help appreciated. I

turned in a

disability with Fibromyalgia

Is there such a thing as partial dissability, and is Fibromyalgia a recognized condition in referece to dissability?