Hi Pam, Your state should have a federally-funded Disability RIghts Center. Try to locate a lawyer there to discuss your situtaion. Also, there are several lawyers on this PIEN list who may help you by private e-mail. I hope one of them sees your question, and writes to you. Good luck, Pam. Ivan :-) On Fri, 27 Apr 2001 13:01:12 -0500 Pam Shapley <[log in to unmask]> writes: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Pam Shapley > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 7:53 AM > To: PARKINSN_LISTS > Subject: questioin about abilty to do job > > > > I have a question. I am a PWP about 3 years diagnosted. I have > been on a leave of absence from my job due to a stress fracture in > my foot. I work in a major chain of grocery stores and am the lead > deli person. I work around chicken fryers and slice meat and > cheese. The floor is at times slippery. I am in and out of walk in > freezers. I carry boxes that weight around 50 lbs all day. This > is just so you understand what I do. > > I was talking to my direct supervisor and he said my store manager > expressed consern about my ability to do my job safely. She is > concered that due to my Parkinsons I could injure myself or others. > > Can she demote me by putting me into a position of less pay per > hour by putting me in a job that is not so demanding? > > Pam > > > > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com<br > clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a > href="http://explorer.msn.com">http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-) Ivan Suzman 51/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-) Portland, Maine land of lighthouses deg. F :-) ******************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn