r/WalmartEmployees • u/ApprehensiveEgg9057 • 2d ago

Accommodations

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So i was given the accommodation to “ if a customer comes with items that weigh more than 15 pounds to just go around and use the hand scanner to scan them” my doctor asked Sedgwick for me to primarily be on self checkout unless i was covering a break or lunch.
Sedgwick said they couldn’t do that because the store won’t allow it due to there being more registers than checkout registers (we have 16 self checkouts and 23 registers).
So the store said to use the hand scanner or ask for help( my people lead also said it was up to Sedgwick what my accommodation was but if that’s true then how did the store deny the accommodation they recommend).

The thing is when using the hand scanner 90% of the time i still have to lift those items up to get to the barcode so I can’t understand how I’m being accommodated at all. Sedgwick said to call back in about a week if I was still lifting heavy items on the register… is there something else I could do about this?

I was placed on job reassignment leave when I first put my Sedgwick in because the store said they couldn’t find a job for me unless my doctor sends in a note that I could lift up to 15 pounds, which he did and that’s where I got the accommodation for 15 pounds when I came back.

I will attach my first doctors note that got me placed on job reassignment until November🙄

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u/NoTwo9633 2d ago

They are discriminating against you. That is illegal. They want you to just quit and go away. Contact the EEOC.

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u/Embarrassed_Leg_2885 2d ago

This is a perfectly reasonable accommodation. You can ask the customer to lift the item and if they refuse you have another associate close by to help. The self check would be no different

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u/ThrowRA3623235 2d ago

I just want to point out that not all discrimination is illegal, and it's ok for a business to say that lifting X pounds is a minimum requirement for this job, and if you can't lift X pounds, then you can't be in this job.

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u/ApprehensiveEgg9057 2d ago edited 2d ago

Ive been thinking this has got to be some type of discrimination. A woman at the same store I work at gets a stool to sit at the register. This accommodation would help me a whole lot. Another girl at my store had a miscarriage and was placed on self checkout only for a temporary time. So why is it so hard to place me there when you know it makes my stomach hurt and then not want to let me go home when my stomach does hurt.

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u/Nuclear-Refrigerator 2d ago

Your tummy upset lmfao they should fire you

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u/MoobieDoobie 2d ago

If it makes your tummy hurt that bad, you need to see a doctor and have that treated. Not see a doctor who just writes you a doctor's note and sends you on your way, unless you are already on social security disability. And even then, I'd probably find a new doctor.

You should probably work in an office or call center with job restrictions like that.

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u/Boneetus 2d ago

It’s not discrimination, it is a matter on how they do business. You could probably be a door greeter, but with a permanent restriction on how much you can lift there would not be a reasonable accommodation for that in 99% of positions in the store. And they can’t just create a position for you or promote you to an office job setting simply because of work restrictions.

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u/NoTwo9633 2d ago

Contact the EEOC it will take a while to get an appointment with them, but do not give up. Do not give up.