#disability

VZ cannot put you on the list if your out on dissability..lol just some info

What is it? This is all anonymous so this isn't anything to expose you. I have seen people with very serious and legitimate ones get denied. I'm confused about what actually gets approved and how??

Does anyone have direct experience going from a long term disability leave of absence while their site or coworkers were laid off, and were returned to work after the layoff? I am currently on LTD and am wondering what the process will be when my doctor returns me to work. Will I get a 60 day non working notice or go directly to being laid off? The employee handbook doesn't cover this and I will be asking my manager, just wondering if anyone has already gone through this with HR.

Anyone else?
I've read several posts here and elsewhere that Cigna-Evernorth-Express Scripts Layoffs in first and second quarter of 2025 targeted employees with open, active, or recently returned FMLA. I was told job elimination. I was given 2.5 month with LHH but could never get communication from Rep for job postings. Spoke to co-workers in positions I applied that were hiring managers and they never received my application. There also seems to be several people over 40, within months of 20 years, and with high cost health conditions that makes me wonder why such a high percentage of this population seems to have been targeted when same/similar roles and titles of under 40 and without FMLA were not. Can companies access health records to thin the herd?

So I was approved for a full-time ongoing telecommuting (remote) accommodation back in 2023. Recently, they decided to force me to "recertify" my accommodation just so they could rip it from me. I've heard anything from it "no longer being the pandemic" as the reasoning to being a "business need". Oh really? Interesting how the pandemic wasn't mentioned at all when my accommodation was approved on a full-time and ongoing basis. Also very interesting how you can't supply documentation about the "business need" to be in office. Equally as interesting... 83% of those with my same job title, therefore, similar job description, and they're all listed as remote.

So who else is disabled and/or chronically ill and has had their remote accommodation denied in 2025?

I applied for a software program for my disability. The HR site said my team or boss would not be notified - it's confidential. Fast forward a year and boss takes an accounting of all software charged to team account. "Hey, what's this? It's assigned to you?"

Not close. It's a smart idea. AI can automate repetitive, manual tasks like data entry, scheduling with speed and consistency. This reduces a company's labor costs. Senior workers can increase their own productivity and focus on higher-value activities. AI can also train the "would be" junior employees into becoming more senior employees.

Actual d-mbest things: how about replacing remote work arrangements with RTO5? And RTT? And RTH? And then complaining that launches are too slow? And violating the rights of disabled employees? Shame!

So end of June my disabled son is fired from Allegheny Health Network and denied unemployment. 3 weeks short of 3 years so no PTO pay out. Nice. Thank you for caring for him like family. You claim you didn’t know he was disabled but you are a healthcare provider and it’s documented huh? So when I visit your hospital this means the service will be flawless so I look forward to my next visit.

heard this same story a few times now. A buddy in Digital said they told mgrs about hospital stuff, got promised support, but when cuts came the scoring didn’t take anything in to account. And in BRG, some chatter sounded the same. Then there was a yammer post too, almost word for word. feels like ADA is just surface decoration here, looks good on paper but doesn’t change how people get treated. anyone else seen it. wouldn’t be first time bp gave support in name only?

I worked for the company for years and have had medical issues less than a month after i requested accommodations via ada as a disabled vet I was terminated, before i could even get my accommodation equipment to work. it makes me think with all their finiancial woes that they are terminating people and i almost worked for them for a decade and had outstanding performance reviews until i got sick.

I can also tell you there watson IVR system is plagued with thousands upon thousands of Bot calls retrieving PHI which is a massive HIPPA violation. After auditing them and telling them of this and applying to ADA they axed me.

But all the non-stop meetings about resume building and things hinting at org changes and such have been going on and i know alot of people are on the early retirement track.

I fortunately documented all the HIPPA violations my notification of them to them and notified it officially to the government today.

This has been going on for years, I hope they enjoy the Hipaa audit let alone the FTC violations.

Asking here because I’ll never get a honest answer on company letterhead. You have so much FMLA time (12 weeks) then you have so much Short Term Disability (26 weeks), which can run concurrently. Do people who need to go beyond the protected 12 weeks risk weeks 13, 14, etc. being used against them when RIF time comes around?

My management structure has not allowed me to move forward. I've had top performance awards.....but it doesn't matter. My current manager has put in bogus evaluations on my mid-year that I didn't even work on in 2025!
I filed with HR and they basically found that my claims were "unsubstantiated misconduct". Oh boy, do I have a ton of info on that one!!! To be sure, HR, is not your friend and they'll say "I'm sorry but due to confidentiality reasons, we can't say" to ever question you might have.
My advise? HR will not help you. As the victim, I've not even heard what they did, who they talked to, and what came of it. And yet, here I am.

From what I’m hearing, there will be no exceptions for people who were originally hired as remote. I simply can’t commute or work in the office for a variety of reasons - location and disability among them. That’s exactly why I sought a remote role in the first place, and my situation isn’t unique. I know people like me will probably be dealt with in phase 2, but it would be good to know what we can expect. It’s tough enough for others to find a job in this economy, doubly so for people in my position.