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Dear Carole, As long as this is NOT a military hospital they must provide you reasonable accommodations according to ADA for persons with disabilities. The government isnt bound by ADA regulations and can do what it wants basically. If you havent come out of the closet so to speak with your disability then you better do it now so you can get this accommodation in order to continue to work.Make sure you have a doctor back you up on this disability or have them medically retire you and take up volunteer work with a paycheck from retirement. This is probably the easiest route. Does the hospital have an EEO office.? That is the first stop. Next stop is to interview an attorney that takes care of labor issues.Usually first consults are free so call around first , gather your paperwork, and then go. If they fire you without even trying to make an accommodation for your disability without offerring you retirement then you should have good grounds to win a lawsuit, but they dont come cheap. They are loaded with lots of stress and that is something PWP's dont really need either. It is against the law to offer a disabled person a job they can not perform so they must make an accommodation. Again that doesnt apply to uncle sam. THE BIGGEST THING IS if YOU DO NOT STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS THE EMPLOYER WILL TAKE THEM AND SMILE. So do it. You are protected by the ADA and equal rights job discrimination laws. They cant even harrass you about it or if your fellow employees or your supervisor even make derogatory comments about your disability You can have them fired by the next up in command for not maintaining a proper work enviroment according to ADA.Take notes from this moment on about conversations,comments, actions, just everything pertaining. You will need written "proof" with dates and times if you go after them.Paper trails are a must with this stuff. Remember ADA federal laws take precedent over all state and local laws irregardless what your supervisor may or may not realize about it. His boss probably does. Relax .You have protection from the law. Good Luck . Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carole Hercun" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 6:17 AM Subject: S.O.S. / Job Elimination > Dear Friends: > The members of PIEN are some off the smartest, most > well-informed people I know. You are a virtual encyclopedia > of resources. So I have come to you with for help with an > urgent problem. > I have long debated how long I could continue my job as a > job as a psychiatric nurse. Several months ago, I > voluntarily decreased my hours from 40 to 30. I thought I > could maintain at that level for a while, since I worked in > the out-patent part of the hospital, with regular hours, > M-F, more stable patients,and lots of computer/desk duties, > with frequent opportunities to rest. > Yesterday I was informed that my job would be eliminated in > two weeks. I was given the option of working the in-patient > units. Which, of course, they realize I cannot do. Rotating > shifts, week-ends & holidays, extremely ill patients, > frequent codes, and incessant stress. Not something a 55 > year old PWP can handle. > I know they can't discriminate against me because of my > disability, but can they simply eliminate me? What should I > do next? I thought I had time to mull over my options. > Unfortunately, since the hospital ambushed me, the time is > NOW. > Carole Hercun > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn