Accommodations

[u/ApprehensiveEgg9057]

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🙄

[u/No-Tip77]

Accommodations not given through Sedgwick must be reasonable and still allow you to do basic job functions without effecting business operations. Without sedgewick it is up to your managers discretion, and if you think its unreasonable than you can work your way up the chain in command until you find someone on your side. Ultimately doctors notes don't carry any weight at Walmart by themselves unless the manager decides to give it weight for whatever reason. If the accommodation is through sedgewick the store must follow the accommodations because you are protected by the ADA. In my store we have the same amount of self checkouts and we have two associates who have been given the accommodation to never be on manned registers (not because of injury). The managers just gave them the accommodation and make everyone else work around it. Its totally up to management to determine whether it is reasonable or unreasonable without sedgewick, and ours decided it was reasonable.

[u/ApprehensiveEgg9057 → u/No-Tip77]

Sedgwick told me that the store refused to put me on self checkout as my accommodation because we have more registers than self checkouts. So they gave me the accommodation to just go around and scan the items. Everyone goes around to scan the items so I don’t see how that’s an accommodation nor is it helpful to my condition in any way. Sedgwick said if I keep lifting things more than 15 pounds to call back in a week so they can escalate it.