My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: CO.
Hello out there guys!
I have been doing as much research as I can on my case, but I am still scratching my head at just one thing that I cannot quite figure out. If anybody would be so kind as to help me, I would be forever grateful to them!
So I'll explain it like this..
1) I asked to be reasonably accommodated at my job for back, hip, and wrist injuries that I had sustained from my previous job.
a) I asked for an "ergonomic workstation."
2) They required a doctors' note to prove the need for accommodations.
3) I provided them with a doctors' note from my chiropracter, whom I was seeing for my back and hip injuries.
a) The exact words of the doctors' note read: "Prescribe a set up for ergonomic work station for XXXXX
XXXXXXXXXX to help him with his neck hip back pain as well as wrists. Evaluate work station."
4) When I got my ergonomic workstation, it only included a lowered keyboard tray, an ergonomic seat, and raised monitors.
b) It failed to include a split keyboard and ergonomic mouse, of which would have accommodated my wrists.
5) I asked why I was not given a split keyboard or ergonomic mouse, and they said that my doctors' note only covered my back because it came from my chiropractor.
So obviously the question is... was my employer allowed to refuse my wrist accommodations, because my doctors' note only came from my chiropractor, even though it specifically mentioned my wrists in the note?
I'm hoping there's an easy answer to this question, which is that of course they had no right to refuse my note! But I am no expert, and am having trouble finding much interpretive literature on the subject.
Please, if anyone out there has a definitive answer to this question, it would really, really mean a lot to me!
Thank you for your time,
Anonymous
Hello out there guys!
I have been doing as much research as I can on my case, but I am still scratching my head at just one thing that I cannot quite figure out. If anybody would be so kind as to help me, I would be forever grateful to them!
So I'll explain it like this..
1) I asked to be reasonably accommodated at my job for back, hip, and wrist injuries that I had sustained from my previous job.
a) I asked for an "ergonomic workstation."
2) They required a doctors' note to prove the need for accommodations.
3) I provided them with a doctors' note from my chiropracter, whom I was seeing for my back and hip injuries.
a) The exact words of the doctors' note read: "Prescribe a set up for ergonomic work station for XXXXX
XXXXXXXXXX to help him with his neck hip back pain as well as wrists. Evaluate work station."
4) When I got my ergonomic workstation, it only included a lowered keyboard tray, an ergonomic seat, and raised monitors.
b) It failed to include a split keyboard and ergonomic mouse, of which would have accommodated my wrists.
5) I asked why I was not given a split keyboard or ergonomic mouse, and they said that my doctors' note only covered my back because it came from my chiropractor.
So obviously the question is... was my employer allowed to refuse my wrist accommodations, because my doctors' note only came from my chiropractor, even though it specifically mentioned my wrists in the note?
I'm hoping there's an easy answer to this question, which is that of course they had no right to refuse my note! But I am no expert, and am having trouble finding much interpretive literature on the subject.
Please, if anyone out there has a definitive answer to this question, it would really, really mean a lot to me!
Thank you for your time,
Anonymous
Disabilities and Accommodation: Does My Doctors' Note Not Cover My Wrists Because It Only Came from My Chiropractor
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