Q: Can a job let me go because they couldn't follow the doctor restriction on my doctor's note?
They let me go do to my attendance and that they couldn't follow the restriction the doctor put on my note. My attendance was only messed up due to the fact of my injury. My injury had happened at my job. I had injured my knee cap
A:
Short response is that an employer must make reasonable accommodations for employees capable of performing the essential functions of their jobs with or without accommodation.
However if the necessary accommodation causes an undue hardship for an employer no employer has to incur same. What is an undue hardship for a small employer may not be a hardship at all for a huge employer. The bigger the company you work for the less likely the hardship is undue.
If you can and tried to work for a large employer call some employment lawyers. Otherwise If you dont have a workers compensation lawyer why not? Hire one immediately! You definitely need at least a comp lawyer.
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