If I’m suffering from “sick building illness” from my job and don’t want to return to work because I don’t want to be sick again, what should I do?

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If I’m suffering from “sick building illness” from my job and don’t want to return to work because I don’t want to be sick again, what should I do?

Asked on August 6, 2015 under Employment Labor Law, New Jersey

Answers:

SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 8 years ago | Contributor

There is really nothing you can do about your job your employer is not required to address an asserted case of sick building syndrome or to let you work at some other location or at home they can require you to come into work, and terminate you if you won't. If you have been sickened by the building, you may have a lawsuit for medical expenses or illness against whomever maintains the building which might not be your employer, if there is a separate landlord who owns it, but that has no bearing on your employment.

SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 8 years ago | Contributor

There is really nothing you can do about your job your employer is not required to address an asserted case of sick building syndrome or to let you work at some other location or at home they can require you to come into work, and terminate you if you won't. If you have been sickened by the building, you may have a lawsuit for medical expenses or illness against whomever maintains the building which might not be your employer, if there is a separate landlord who owns it, but that has no bearing on your employment.


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