I believe my job is trying to nudge me out the door. I got a call today from HR telling me that yes they got all the info. for FMLA, I was first told all they needed was a return date... then they needed a treatment plan ...NOW... I have no FMLA time left. It was my understanding that Short Term Disability and FMLA were separate. They are telling me they run concurrent. I am still waiting for Short Term to be extended.
Now I have to go pick up papers to file a personal leave and write a letter to my supervisors explaining why I am out and why I need personal leave.
I just have that feeling that this is how they will end my employment with them...
Anyone have this happen to them??? Anyone know anything about FMLA and Short Term Disability?
Been their done that.
FMLA is the leave you have to take when your out short term disability is the one you file to get paid while your out . My fmla was for 12 weeks after that the company did not fire me they just took me off the payrole do to medical condition that would not allow me to do my job {sounds like getting fired dont it} any way after this I had to do a ton of paper work and now am drawing my long term disabilty thru the company i worked for. Most places do a 12 week FMLA now that can be taken all at once or broken down into sections.
My company grants 12 week FMLA each year for eligible employees (you have to work a certain number of hours to be eligible - I work for a large company with lots of lawyers who know labor laws). Once you have used the FMLA we grant an additional 30 day personal leave. After that usually the employee is termed if they can't come back. They may be offered a n on call position if that is an option. Try not to stress too much, I am sending hugs your way and know that your supervisor will be swayed by your letter.
Unfortunately, short term disability and FMLA do run concurrently. You get 12 weeks. That is it. They are different things, as someone already explained. I am so sorry that this it happening to you. I have been there and it sucks.
What I did was I made myself go back to work until I had accrued more leave and just limped through it. I ended up getting pushed out of my job anyway by my psychotic coworker and the charge nurse. Anyway, I found a better job, better pay that is easier on my poor old body.
But, I remember how much it hurt me the way I was treated when I got back, how my heart hurt! I am hopeful that you have a better outcome than mine.
Ok... so I called Cigna to check on the status of my STD... I guess they changed if last night because today I am approved through Aug. 4th... MONDAY!!!! My Dr. has my expected return date as the 15th... What is wrong with these people? I have been out since April and was not told that the FMLA runs concurrently until today. I have text messages from the HR worker who was doing the medical stuff... in the beginning she told me that STD was only for surgeries... I filed for it anyways because I knew that was not true. I got it too. then when I returned in June I made it 5 days and was back out... but in that 5 days I was hand delivered approval letters from my Group leader from HR regarding FMLA...But still nothing in writing that it was running concurrently with STD.
Now I have to call CIGNA back again and go through the stress of having my STD extended until the 15th. I will also have to get the papers for Personal leave and fill them out write the letter and get it back to them in 3 days from the day I pick them up. What a mess!!!!!!!!!!!!
They have no idea what the added stress does to my body. Where in the world do they get a return date of Aug.4th?
Everything I am doing, those injections, the meds, the physical therapy, the chiropractor have all been me fighting to get back to work. Despite my GP telling me that I may NEVER be able to do my job...I have been focused on proving her wrong. I just want to throw my hands up and give in. The running around from Dr. to Dr. and therapy runs me down.
I can't deal with this any more... it is the same thing each time the STD is approved I find out and have no paper work to return on the day they say and it is a weekend... Why in the world did I get out of bed today? lol
Thank you all for being here during my moment of weakness...LOL... I cannot express the frustration with the whole situation... once I had time to clear my head I realized...it is what it is!!! God will lead me to where he wants me at this point in my life. If I am meant to keep working I will. If not then that just means that God has bigger plans for me. So I just need to stay calm and work out the kinks as I have done 3 times already... just do it again.
Maybe in the long run not being able to work wouldn't be such a bad thing...I am going through changes and have to roll with the punches...
Thats the attitude you need to have..Just keep faith that the Lord will look over you and its in his hands even when it looks impossible its not,you will come out of this situation..As you said just roll with it.
be good ,wayne
" It ended up being cluster headaches, but, never tell your employer about a health issue is what we learnt, it was a very expensive thing"
That is 100% true. No matter how supportive a company may seem, they are first and for most a business whose sole purpose is to make money. When you effect the bottom line, then there becomes a problem. It may not be immediate, but it will happen. Always keep personal things at home.
So true about not telling them anything about my health...lol... but they require you to keep in contact with your Group Leader on your condition...so ya have to tell them. They get ya no matter what ya do...Thank you Lovett, Grumpycat and Wayne...God has this one!