Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Posts: 3 Location: Long Island
Accepting a Promotion At Work Posted: 01-24-04 10:18am
Hi - i've recently been diagnosed with the
probability of having ms. Started on
rebif - now up to 44 mcg. I've only had
the original episode (double vision) 7
months ago and no others physically but a
repeat mri showed activity. I have been
offered a promotion at work but have not
told anyone about my health issue. Not
sure what to do. Any thoughts?
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litekpr2
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Feb 2004 Posts: 23 Location: USA
Posted: 02-21-04 00:39am
If the promotion is something you want and
includes job tasks that you can do, go for
it!
You are under no obligation legally to
notify your employer about any health
condition; however, if your condition
worsens in the future to the point where
you're having difficulty doing one or more
job tasks of whatever position you're
holding at the time, notify them at that
time and ask for a "reasonable
accommodation" to help you do your job
tasks better. This is according to the
federal americans with disabilities act.
Depending on what problems you might
develop in the future, you can get with
your doctor to determine what sort of
accommodation might be the one you need in
your particular case. Just write your
explanation and request up in a letter to
your employer, include a doctor's
statement which verifies that you have
this disease and this particular inability
to do said job task, and ask for the
accommodation.
Your employer will have to at least
consider your request and if it is deemed
"reasonable" they will have to comply with
it. However, they are the ones who
decide whether it is reasonable!
But in the meantime, hey--do what you can
for yourself, including going for that
promotion!
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san54
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Dec 2003 Posts: 227 Location: Virginia
Promotion Posted: 02-26-04 18:54pm
If it is what you want, go for it. As
long as you think you can handle it.
Stress can agrevate your symptoms. If
they are understanding people and they
have enough info on ms, they may work with
you. Why don't you sound them out with a
hypothetical question and see where it
goes from there. Good luck.
