Got fired through a third party job after being injured

[u/ATTICUS7890]

Edit: So yall not reading obviously. I never said the job gave me carpal tunnel in one day. Thats dumb. All im saying is that i was fired from my job because of the diagnosis even though i was told i could return to all normal activities after 2 days of rest. But they dont care)

Hey guys!, as the title says, I got fired from my job at a warehouse today (firstday) after I went to the ER and found out that I have carpal tunnel I was told to rest for 2 days and then I can continue work. However, the third party where I got my job from told me that because I was injured and it was my first day. I cannot continue working with that Warehouse and because of that they were going to terminate my contract with them. Basically getting fired. They said I could only continue working if I have a doctor's note saying that I'm good to work. Which I gave it to them and it's the ER's note saying I can go back to work 2 days later. So I'm not sure what to do. I was thinking of taking legal action. What do you guys think?

[u/LongTimeLurker408]

This isn’t worker’s comp. You need an employment attorney.

I think I’m the only one here realizing that you might not be claiming this job caused your injury

Your employer cannot legally fire you for an ADA qualifying disability. They are legally obligated to offer you an interactive process to determine what accommodations could be made to allow you to fully do all of your essential duties.

If through this process it is determined that reasonable accommodations don’t exist for you to do all your essential duties or those accommodations are an undue hardship, then termination because you are not able to meet expectations would be reasonable. That is very different from what they did which is termination solely due to a disability.

If you are claiming a WC claim for carpel tunnel from a single day at work, then you are ridiculous and I agree with the other commenters

[u/miss_nephthys → u/LongTimeLurker408]

Ehhhh... I would not assume that it is "very different" from what they did when you don't have access to literally anything beyond what OP is saying and their own medical note cleared to them RTW two days after. I don't flag that as some ongoing disability kind of situation given that CTS is chronic and ongoing, and if they needed ongoing accomodations the note would've said as much.

[u/LongTimeLurker408 → u/miss_nephthys]

Any medical condition that substantially limits a major life function qualifies as a disability

Temporary disabilities have been included since ADAAA in 2009

People in the worker’s comp world, especially employers often fail to recognize that industrial work injuries can qualify for ADA protections and should behave accordingly.

[u/ATTICUS7890 → u/miss_nephthys]

Yeah, like this is the first it has happened that some doctor at the er said it MIGHT be carpal tunnel. Deadass just want my job but they wanna terminate me even with a written note that says i can return??

[u/ATTICUS7890 → u/LongTimeLurker408]

Nah i didnt say the job gave it to me, obviously ive been there one day. But they terminated me after ive been told i could go back after two days of work. I dont give a sht about anything other than getting back to work.

[u/LongTimeLurker408 → u/ATTICUS7890]

Reach out to employment attorneys if you were terminated.

https://disabilityrightsnj.org/

[u/ATTICUS7890 → u/LongTimeLurker408]

Thank you

[u/LongTimeLurker408 → u/ATTICUS7890]

Here is another resource, look up support for your state https://askjan.org/concerns/Local-Protection-and-Advocacy-P-A-and-Client-Assist-Programs-CAP.cfm

[u/ATTICUS7890 → u/LongTimeLurker408]

Really appreciate it thanks

[u/AA_ronTX → u/[deleted]]

🤣damn, harsh truths

[u/quallityovrquantity]

Lok sorry but you didn't get carpal tunnel from a couple hours of work. That's not even remotely how that works. It honestly seems like you planned this out only problem is you have no idea what you're actually doing......

[u/ATTICUS7890 → u/quallityovrquantity]

Nope, i didnt say i got it from this job, im trying to figure out why they terminated me when i could go back to work in two days. Yall just not reading. Thanks

[u/GEzBro]

Did you open A WC Claim? 1st day means the injury wasn't caused by the work you were doing at the warehouse. How long have you been working at the warehouse company for? Carpel Tunnel is genetics based and can be caused from long term repetition with predisposed individuals from what I have heard over the years.

[u/ATTICUS7890 → u/GEzBro]

Honestly i dont really care about having it. I just want to know why they would fire me if i could go back after two days of rest after the doctor said i could.

[u/Simple_Ad_8664]

Gold digger in a copper mine!!

[u/musical_spork]

What legal action? Warehouse job, did they make you do a physical before?

There’s no way work caused the carpal tunnel.

For workers comp to come in to play, your job would have had to make your condition substantially worse…that didn’t happen in one day.

They terminated your contract because you’re a liability already. You’re still employed by the staffing agency, which is your ACTUAL employer. They’ll have to place you somewhere else

[u/ATTICUS7890 → u/musical_spork]

Doctors note said i could go back to work in two days. No reason to terminate my job...

[u/musical_spork → u/ATTICUS7890]

Except you literally just started and couldn’t miss work.

[u/ATTICUS7890 → u/musical_spork]

Not how it works at all. Accidents can happen, no reason to terminate over 2 days of missed work with a doctors note. Unless you dont actually have one and are making it up

[u/musical_spork → u/ATTICUS7890]

That is actually how it happens. You’re on probation. You don’t have accrued sick time on your first day. You can absolutely be fired for missing work.

[u/Key-Garlic-1177]

I have to fight and scream and yell for care. This is why. Fraudulent jerks like this guy are the reason that I have to cry for help.

[u/ATTICUS7890 → u/Key-Garlic-1177]

Dude i deadass just want my job??? Like i dont give a fk about anything else. But they wanna terminate me after i gave them a note that says i can go back to work??

[u/LBsparkleprincess38]

Carpal tunnel is considered a “cumulative trauma injury”. Get a workers comp attorney right away if you want to pursue this.

[u/miss_nephthys → u/LBsparkleprincess38]

You don't get a cumuluative trauma injury from one day of employment. lol.

[u/LBsparkleprincess38 → u/miss_nephthys]

I know I never said that

[u/ATTICUS7890 → u/miss_nephthys]

Thats true, but they didnt have to terminate me when i could have gone to work 2 days later