r/legaladvice • u/PutWeekly6106 • 1d ago

Employment Law Wrongful termination

Was terminated while on workman's comp and had a heart attack with quadruple bypass. The offered no help no light duty and called cops on me for showing up to get a note for snap since I wasn't being paid. They used a venting text to my union president to terminate me. Do i have a case? Location: oklahoma

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u/monkeyman80 1d ago

Wrongful termination isn't wrong/unfair reasons, but for protected reasons.

If there's no light duty available and your union doesn't see an issue then you can be fired for not being abled to work.

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u/PutWeekly6106 1d ago

I know this is am in a protected category so wrongful termination. I asked if I had a case not a definition and no light duty was offered

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u/monkeyman80 1d ago

What protected category do you believe? No protections over medical issues mandate light duty.

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u/souperman08 1d ago

Talk with your union. Is there an option to do your job under light duty restrictions without causing an undue hardship on your employer?

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u/SpecialKnits4855 1d ago

How long were you out?

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u/PutWeekly6106 1d ago

Since 3/1 this year I had something happen with my back so during physical therapy I had a massive heart attack so yea talk about stressed out nothing was ever said in anger from me i just went to job so hr could show me what I needed to get snap and had sherrifs and highway patrol show up there's no police report because I didn't threaten

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u/SpecialKnits4855 1d ago

You exceeded your 12 weeks of FMLA (if eligible), and they couldn’t accommodate further. Your termination doesn’t sound illegal.

HR, not a lawyer

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u/PutWeekly6106 1d ago

I was on work comp at the time of heart then back on work comp its complicated and rare case so most wouldn't understand