Job termination after WC injury
Cindy Coker
12 Posts
We have an employee whose job requires repetitive motions. She has worked for us a couple of years and has contracted carpal tunnel which is going to require surgery. Once she comes back to work after her surgery to the same job, it would be a safe assumption that she will most likely contract the same problem again since she is apparently susceptible to this problem. Unfortunately, there is no other job available for her to do. Although she has been a good worker, would you agree that we would be justified terminating her employment once she has been released by WC due to her affliction?
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I suggest you think about doing something similar. Her rehab therapist should agree to visit you free of charge since it will benefit their business knowledge as well.
Terminating this employee will encourage her to seek legal advice and that heads immediately to the area of settlement. In my state there is no such thing as comp retaliation. Don't know about Florida. But the larger danger, for me, would be settlement.
The process we are now involved in with this employee will work one way or another and will leave me out of the medical analysis. It will be my task to decide if we can work with the restrictions imposed by the therapists.