My husband was working as an underground coal miner and has diabetes.He had to be admitted into the hospital episode at work. After being in the hospital for a week, he went back to work only to find he had a staph infection from the IV. Now His dr said he could return to work if he was able to do a desk job for a week.The employer has never returned him underground and we have taken a large paycut.Then at the beginning of the year he decided to use one of his sick days and upon return to work it turned out several others also did and there was a collapse in the mines.So he was suspended from work for a week.In that time He requested a transfer to another mine and they have had him in limbo for 2 weeks going on 3.They called him in to give him a drug test and bully him. They have denied the transfer Now a week later they will not answer the calls and when they do they say he has to wait until his test results come back. He signed a contract to work 3 yrs or they could charge us.Help?
My best advice is to go to the Fair Housing and Labor Board site for your state. I think Ive seen specific laws for coal miners.None of what you are saying sounds legal, espcially his contract to work for 3 yrs or 'they could charge you'. Despite what many may think, companies do end up putting things in thier contract that are actually agaisnt the law. They just see what they can get away with. The big pay cut doesnt make sense to me either.
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