[El Bastardo]

The following is a posting from an anonymous Revscene member

I work for a large multi national company.

In the past year, due to a sleep disorder, I've called in sick many times, probably at least once a week. I would be up sometimes 24-36hrs straight and still go to work but would under perform at work.

The company policy is that so long as I provide a doctors note, I can take as many days of as needed, which I have. Another procedure taken is, someone from the attendance dept. would call to determine whens the earliest I would return. Often times I wouldn't answer the call because I either passed out or my ring tone was off.

This led to them taking away all my shifts until I provide yet another doctors note showing when I can come back. I provided this note over 2 weeks ago and til this day I haven't been rescheduled to come back to work. I have been in contact with the person who is suppose to follow-up with me, all that was said was I will be contacted when the issue is resolved, the last time I spoke with this person was over a week ago. Since then, whenever I've called, my calls go unanswered and I haven't received a call back for the voice mails I left.

I was wondering if this practice is at all legal? What should I do from here? I've thought about getting a lawyer but I am currently under financial strain due to lack of work and worried that I don't even have a case. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thank you.