sickness discrimination?
448494
I went through this with one boss.  I was so stressed out that I was sick at work, then had a death in the family.  It was an awful time.  In the end, they fired me.  As it turned out, though, they were in the wrong.  Bad on them.\n\nIt can certainly happen.
648321
hello, greeting from Great Britain.\nwell yeah we get something like that in some areas.\nsome sick people still doing this sorts of things and the reasons for this because the polices are not doing their job properly. NOT SO GOOD !!!!!!!!
1115744
YOUR sickness has been reported.\n\nGET WELL SOON
94687
You can be asked questions which will help the employer decide on your qualifications for the position.  \n\nYou cannot be asked questions about matters which might form the basis for a claim of illegal job discrimination.  For example, you should not answer questions concerning your age, your religion, your sexual preference, your marital status or your national origin.  Your prospective employer may not discriminate against you based on a handicap or disability unless it pertains to a bona fide occupational qualification.  Otherwise, you are entitled to reasonable accommodations on the job.  For example, if you are unable to lift because of disability and lifting is part of the job (like a dock worker), that disbability may preclude you from getting the job.  On the other hand, extreme nearsightedness may not be a reason to discriminate for an office worker who can use a magnified computer screen.\n\nThis is by no means exhaustive but should give you a reasonable idea.
1033869
Depending on your age, you could claim illness of you or family member.  Or disability, (I got out of a couple of jobs claiming disability).  I never got a job that demanded a contract, though.  Or, you might claim another job back home.  One that pays better and is in a better enviroment.  But, I think I'd claim illness in the family.  Most people are pretty sympathetic to that, I think.
490798
Just tell them that you don't feel good and that you are running a fever. It doesn't matter where you work really.  Unfortunately now these days, employers don't really believe when a person is ACTUALLY sick because it has been outplayed so many times.
354778
I hear ya. I see people who are on disability, with not a thing wrong with them! I was at dfacs one day (I don't receive help, don't remember why I was there tho!) And this woman was so mad that they told her that she had to get a job! People are just lazy!
82211
Yes, but only after they return to work. Cannot use sickness as a reason, but can create a reason at a later date. Sad but true.
443760
Most likely, yes.  Depends on your situation, but I'd suggest checking your employee handbook, if you have one.\n\nIf you are an employee-at-will (non-contract), then what you've effectively done is agreed to work on their terms.  Those terms are generally detailed in an employee handbook of some kind - you know, the one most people throw into the back of some drawer and forget about.  If their terms include proof of illness for sick days taken, there's nothing illegal about it.
840536
I have suffered as a disabled Judeau-Christian, and I was taunted for having spasms. There is a legal recourse of action you can take. If it is a neighbour and you can prove that they are spreading false allegations about a disabled person, or persons, especially related to their illness then let  your local council know if you are in the UK and they will put you in touch with the right authority or organisation to deal with the matter.\n\nMy former neighbour got evicted as the taunts, and abuse came under anti-social behaviour. Keep records and get as much evidence as you can. In some cases, I think the police can even be involved. \n\nThe DDA mostly covers discrimination at work and not at a persons home, although I did suggest to the authorities to make it include disabled people in public places and their homes, as discrimination is discrimination. I also told them that a person can be arrested under racial discrimination, so the same should be for us disabled. Anybody who discriminates against a disabled person should fear being arrested and charged.
10009
Part of it has to do with a persons race. The other part has to do with a persons health.
1126515
I think that would be considered discrimination.  Talk to a lawyer.
770660
Contacting the health department may be the best thing to do.  I hope you are successful in bringing attention to the conditions you've observed.  It would also seem that this question belongs in a category other than Skin Conditions, more like Government or Law.
860188
It should be standard management policy that sick days be excused with a doctors note ect.\n\nI would not get involved in that side but I would bring it up during\nnext meeting ect as to how management does deal with calling in sick and people abusing sick policy.\n\nsome people will never grow up.\nsome need to be written up...\n\nhow can one get sick just before work always....\nnot during holidays..\nnot on weekends==\njust on mondays  fridays\n\npaydays..
1179853
It is usually extra to your statutory or contractual rights to leave on the grounds of sickness or annual leave. It is generally given for bereavement or special needs, such as temporarily caring for a family member or close friend. It is always at the discretion of your employer.
1051176
Your work can not deny you to leave, if you are sick you have the right to leave. If they fire you, then you can get compensation from FMLA because they wrongfully fired you. Unfortunately, you did not know that they can not fire you for being sick-especially when medical attention sounds like it was absolutely necessary.
536063
I have been discrimanated against because I am a woman with a mental illness and suffer seizures - and unfortunately the discrimination comes from those who say they love me the most and want to take the best care of me and that I can trust the most - but there actions don't line up with their words.  I have been denied places to live because I made too much money in a year prior to a year that I had no income whatsoever - I have been denied medicaid because I have no child in my home and yet I have an unlimited amount of expenses!  I was denied shelter at a women's shelter because they could not see any bruises, but I had been a battered wife for five years and finally decided I'd had enough - they told me to come back when it was obvious.  Discrimination happens everyday and it doesn't really matter what color, gender, religion or if you're having sex or not.