hypo-nit picker??

T · November 2004

I'll try to keep this short. I have an ee that says everything she hurts from is work related. She is a good ee, but continuously complains about her computer, her keyboard, arm discomfort, earaches, eye strain, stress, and many others. We have done everything to accomodate. Adjusted her desk heighth, bought her a new chair, put a blurr thingy on her computer screen. After doing these things, ee says she is doing better. She sees a doctor quite often for all the issues mentioned. Should these be reported as WC? This morning she fell on her way from her car. Now she is sore and scratched up. What do I do??? She is feeling sickly more often and usually her symptoms are work related, or so she says. She is a real nit picker?

Thanks.

Don D · November 2004

Let the insurance process sort it out. If the medical information provided by the clinic to the plan indicates 'job related', you can bet the plan will deny the claim. Falling on the way to work is not work comp. I would not jump at classifying all of her idiosyncracies as work comp. If you do, she'll milk you till you're dry.

globex · November 2004

if she is not a garden variety hypochondriac then she has a problem with wanting attention. Do you have psy. help available?

T · November 2004

I think you got it. :-)

Thanks for the replies.
-t

hypo-nit picker??

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