Can an employer rescind an offer due to a temporary disability?
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Can an employer rescind an offer due to a temporary disability?
I had accepted an offer of employment on 06/01 with a scheduled start date of 06/280. However, on 06/14, I was hospitalized unexpectedly and an emergency surgery was performed. I informed my new employer and agreed to work part time during my disability period of 6 weeks. No further expectations of me were communicated. On 07/07, I received a verbal warning after being too ill physically from the surgery to work one day. The verbal warning stated that had they known I wouldn’t be able to be there every day, my offer would have rescinded. On 08/04, my employment was terminated due to my attendance during probationary period. There were no other attendance violations, with the exception of leaving after 6 hours for an ill child. I should also mention that I am in a salaried, professional position. I would like to pursue an EEOC claim, do the terms of disability discrimination exist during the probationary period in a right to work state?
Asked on August 4, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Minnesota
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
An employer is not required to employ or retain someone who misses work without that absence being covered by earned paid time off or PTO (like sick days), FMLA leave, or other legal right to be out (like potentially being on state disability). If you had not started yet, your would not have been able to take FMLA leave and most likely did not yet have PTO; therefore, you could be terminated for attendence reasons, even illness/medical-related attendence reasons.
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