Recent content by MG-RN

Typically, employees do work set shifts. I did for 8 years, as an RN and a PCT before that. Also, job searches outside the area show the company asking for set shifts for new hires. It’s pretty frustrating since the PM shift is where many clinics struggle finding help. No new position would need...

Thanks for the info. My worry is that I refused to extend any sort of verified/ documented leave. I wanted to return with accommodation. I did refuse to return to work after leave without accommodation. My HR rep tried to place me in a position where we argued if the position met the...

Thank you. I did not know that. I assumed since I was still an employee (they pay employer portion of medical) that I was in a catch-22 situation. Doing this won't make me pay back any benefits paid during the time frame will it?

Newly diagnosed chronic depression and generalized anxiety disorder. The position I had triggered symptoms. HR provided a "reasonable accommodation" form that my MD filled out. I don't know if this is officially ADA. Company did not dispute the form, just that they could not create a new...

Hi, I work for a major dialysis company. For 5 years until July of last year I worked full time in a Chicago outpatient center working a consistent 1pm-10pm shift. I thought the grass might be greener in the acute dialysis side and transferred within the company. I struggled with the lack of...