When should I tell my employer I have ankylosing spondilitis? (a delapidating spinal disease)?
I was diagnosed last year, but have had this disease for apx. 9 years. If I take to long a walk, I lose feeling in my left leg. This disease causes the spinal column to solidify into one solid piece. My spine is fused together from the mid-section down to my pelvis. It also causes a curvature of the back, (hump back).
Answers:
Does AS affect your ability to do your work?, either in the performance of specific tasks or in absences for medical care, or what not.
If it does not affect your job performance, then it really is not an issue that needs to be discussed with your employer.
Schedule a meeting , bring in any thing they may find helpful to understand the condition in their own time . Break it to them asap.
Hi
Ordinarilly, I would not recommend imforming your employer of such a disease in the early stages since they might make assumptions about your ability to perform the work.(Of course a worker's comp. injury must be reported asap for legal reasons).
In your case, it sounds as if you are already experiencing serious symptoms that are conceivably affecting your work. If this is the case, I would contact your supervisor and the Human Resources dept if a larger company and inform them of your condition, the limitations it places on your job performance, if there is any liability to the company for letting you stay on and if you need any accomodations to do your job.
If you are not now considered handicapped, you should consider getting your doctor to certify you as such since your employer then could not fire you due to your condition unless it created a liability for them or a safety issue for you or for others.
In short, you have to be proactive in convincing your employer to allow you to work and that you can be a functional member of their team. It might even be a tax benefit to them if you are considered medically handicapped - something to consider.
You also should start, if you haven't already, making plans for the day you cannot work since your disease is progressive.
I have PKD a heriditary kidney disease that is progressive and will result in kidney failure. It has already taken my brother and is seriously limiting my other brother's ability to work and caused my sister to have to leave work.
My employer knows that I have a heridatary kidney disease but also knows that it doesn't yet affect my ability to work and will not cause any liability to the company. They are also willing to keep me on because of my experience in my field and have hired a helper to assist with the more physical tasks that I am responsible for.
It can work out well. Don't go too early but do go and let them know. Do your homework first.
May God bless you in all that you do!
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Answers:
Does AS affect your ability to do your work?, either in the performance of specific tasks or in absences for medical care, or what not.
If it does not affect your job performance, then it really is not an issue that needs to be discussed with your employer.
Schedule a meeting , bring in any thing they may find helpful to understand the condition in their own time . Break it to them asap.
Hi
Ordinarilly, I would not recommend imforming your employer of such a disease in the early stages since they might make assumptions about your ability to perform the work.(Of course a worker's comp. injury must be reported asap for legal reasons).
In your case, it sounds as if you are already experiencing serious symptoms that are conceivably affecting your work. If this is the case, I would contact your supervisor and the Human Resources dept if a larger company and inform them of your condition, the limitations it places on your job performance, if there is any liability to the company for letting you stay on and if you need any accomodations to do your job.
If you are not now considered handicapped, you should consider getting your doctor to certify you as such since your employer then could not fire you due to your condition unless it created a liability for them or a safety issue for you or for others.
In short, you have to be proactive in convincing your employer to allow you to work and that you can be a functional member of their team. It might even be a tax benefit to them if you are considered medically handicapped - something to consider.
You also should start, if you haven't already, making plans for the day you cannot work since your disease is progressive.
I have PKD a heriditary kidney disease that is progressive and will result in kidney failure. It has already taken my brother and is seriously limiting my other brother's ability to work and caused my sister to have to leave work.
My employer knows that I have a heridatary kidney disease but also knows that it doesn't yet affect my ability to work and will not cause any liability to the company. They are also willing to keep me on because of my experience in my field and have hired a helper to assist with the more physical tasks that I am responsible for.
It can work out well. Don't go too early but do go and let them know. Do your homework first.
May God bless you in all that you do!
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