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Letter
# 7
Subj.: Repetitive
motion
Sent: Monday April 10, 2000 3:54 PM
From: <XXX> (intentionally nameless)
To: ncda@fiax.net
Hello,
You asked if we had
any comments or questions.
I work at Foxwoods. I am out on workman's comp due to
repetitive motion in my right shoulder due to dealing. I have been
out since Nov 9th and they did an MRI. They sent me to their
doctor, who is not a real doctor or P.T . They have one
person that comes in once a month.
Now they are
saying if I cannot go back to work and do my job by June 5th that
I will no long have a job there. Can they do this? They have done
it to a friend of mine. Is it right? I say no. When we have worked
there for 7 years and are standups, why can't they give us a job
on the floor. We already do it. Can you answer any of these
questions? What can we do?
***NFGE
Response***
You must
contact the Workman's Comp Board in your state. The laws on
workman's comp are essentially the same in all states. The
employer is required to place you in an alternate temporary job if
you sustain an on the job injury, which you have.
Also, if the
doctor they send you to reports that "in his opinion" it
is not job related, then you are entitled to another opinion. If
you get no support from the workman's comp people, call your state
bar ass'n and ask them to refer you to an attorney who handles
workman comp cases. Let us know how it works out. Good luck.
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