Legal Question in Employment Law in Georgia

employee rights

first off this is a real question. i work with the elderly. my employer is trying to make me, along with others, attend a class where we will be required to put on an incontinent products (diapers) outside of our clothes, have someone feed us, brush our teeth, change our diapers, etc. i believe that this is a violation of my personal rights.For me this would be extremely uncomfortable as well as embarrassing and somehow an invasion of me personally to have my peers preform any kind of ''care'' on me. surely this has to be a violation of something?? there has to be something legal i can use in my defense. humiliation. embarrassment. and just people touching me. can my employer really make me do anything?? please help me!!


Asked on 8/20/08, 1:56 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Scott Riddle Law Office of Scott B. Riddle, LLC

Re: employee rights

Of course, your employer can't "make" you do "anything." Absent a contract, you are likely able to exercise your personal right to work elsewhere and the employer is free to hire someone who will accept the duties of the job (and training). Even with a less than flattering description, you mention only acts that caregivers often have to provide to the people they are caring for. If a class on performing these functions is so far out of your comfort zone, it is likley in the best interests of both parties that you find more suitable employment and they find someone who is able and willing to do the unpleasant, but necessary, job. You fail to provide sufficient facts to indicate this is not legitimate training, and perhaps meant to weed out people who are not appropriate for that job.

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Answered on 8/20/08, 4:57 am


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