Legal Question in Disability Law in Massachusetts

Narcolepsy, Sleep Apnea and no accomodations made
Hello i am a 3 y/o malei have been diagnosed withsleep apneaand Narcolepsy. Together these leave me sleepy all the time, i take medications for this . Well i was hiried in febriary as acustomer service rep on the phones. At the time ofmy hiring i told my employer that i could not work weekends or nights orwork a very jumbledschedule as thrpwing off my sleep calendarmakes my narcolepsy etc worse.they assuredme the would make any accomodations neccessary to help me. Then of course then moved me to saturday nights, so i again informed them in writitng and with my doctors written instruction as well as verbally. they then moved meto saturday mornings at 5 am. with that my schedule was 44 hours a week ( but only paid for 40, we were told every has to work extra 4 hours per week mandatory )so i would work monsay 8 to 6 tuesday 8 to 6 then wednesday 10 to 8then thursday offthen friday 8 to 6 then saturday 6 to 2. which again is a very jumbled schedule, i worked this for awhile while repeatedly informing my manager and above that i could not do this for long as it was taking atoll on me and requiring me to take more and more medication doses to stay awake. this saturday was to be my first saturday that i did not work , and i was fired.

Asked on 6/09/04, 1:17 pm

Nance Lyons Law Office of Nance Lyons

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Re: Narcolepsy, Sleep Apnea and no accomodations made

It appears you have a cliaam for handicap discrimination. Contaqct a lawyer or the MA Commission Against Discrimination

Answered on 6/09/04, 2:30 pm

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