Current Events > My girlfriend has a heart condition and her boss is trying to say shes essential

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She has an immunocompromised immune system and has been working at home for the past two weeks. Her boss might want her to come in monday, defying the state's shelter at place (or whatever it's called) order.

She is absolutely not essential. It's marketing for an insurance company. She's been working at home (more productive than at the office she says) so it's obviously not essential.

What can she do?

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Yeah Marketing is auto non essential. Fuck her boss.

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PatrickMahomes posted...

She has an immunocompromised immune system and has been working at home for the past two weeks. Her boss might want her to come in monday, defying the state's shelter at place (or whatever it's called) order.

She is absolutely not essential. It's marketing for an insurance company. She's been working at home (more productive than at the office she says) so it's obviously not essential.

What can she do?

"I'm not legally obligated to share my health status with an employer but it's in both of our benefits that I continue to work from home"

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Say she's exhibiting symptoms and can't come in

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At least shes working

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She can get fired.

tell her boss to go to hell

and maybe sue him

Demand ten times her usually salary. If she's risking her life, he damn well better make it worth her while.

Otherwise he can go fuck himself, and if possible get proof that her boss is trying to defy state orders.

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Umbreon posted...

Demand ten times her usually salary. If she's risking her life, he damn well better make it worth her while.

Otherwise he can go fuck himself, and if possible get proof that her boss is trying to defy state orders.

She isn't risking her life though.

Tell her boss that she's "Immuno compromised" and can't go in. She'll remain at home.

Any work that he wants her to do, he can drop off at her mail box.

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Is her jobbed deemed essential by the state? If not, she can absolutely tell them "i'm not defying a state issued order".

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ScazarMeltex posted...

Is her jobbed deemed essential by the state? If not, she can absolutely tell them "i'm not defying a state issued order".

Not even remotely essential. But for poops and giggles I checked Minnesota's list and sure enough, "insurance marketing" isn't there. *shocked pikachu face*

However Minnesota is an at-will employment state, so can't they just fire her and say she wasn't doing her job? (which she is)

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PatrickMahomes posted...

Not even remotely essential. But for poops and giggles I checked Minnesota's list and sure enough, "insurance marketing" isn't there. *shocked pikachu face*

However Minnesota is an at-will employment state, so can't they just fire her and say she wasn't doing her job? (which she is)

I'd contact an employment lawyer because at will states still have rules for justifying termination and they could be held liable in civil court (IE lawsuit). Most law offices will let you call and ask "hey this is the situation, what do you think" without charging you.

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100% best thing to do is to have an attorney anonymously call the business and threaten action at this point. Did it at my job (office job). Was able to work from home for a week and a half until the business had to close and furlough all of us due to lack of business (vacation company, had nothing to do with us working from home) and at the end of the day I think it was the right choice.

You can call the labor board or the governor's office or whatever but I'm sure not shit will happen.
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I find it quite odd the boss is demanding her to come in after already successfully working from home AND after the government extended guidelines until the end of April. I work for a company with well over 1,000 employees, and pretty much everyone is working from home except "essential employees" needed to physically do something infrastructure/technology related most likely.

Does the company have guidance issued already? This just isn't making much sense. How at risk of getting fired is she if she disobeys commands? Because she has a whole host of ammunition right now, given the circumstances, the government guidelines, and her health.

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DDirtyDastard posted...

She isn't risking her life though.

Good. She shouldn't.


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Tell the boss the state is telling her to stay home and shes going to do just that.

No need to demand a million dollars or get a lawyer or any of that other nonsense being suggested.

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PatrickMahomes posted...

Not even remotely essential. But for poops and giggles I checked Minnesota's list and sure enough, "insurance marketing" isn't there. *shocked pikachu face*

However Minnesota is an at-will employment state, so can't they just fire her and say she wasn't doing her job? (which she is)

I don't know how Minnesota's doing it but in Maryland if your business doesn't fall into the "essential business" list and you're trying to continue work as usual you're going to be f'd in the a by the authorities. They're responding to calls left and right.

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Boss is a dick.

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I would tell her document everything the boss is saying and make her boss aware she is documenting everything he is saying, after that make a phone call to the lawyers.

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JustMyOpinion posted...

They can't fire you for refusing to break the law.

they absolutely can in an at-will state.

shit happens all the time.

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They'll just invent some bullshit reason to fire her, obviously they won't outright say the act reason.

But yes easy lawsuit id she can prove her boss was asking her to break the law

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And she's told her boss what you've told us?
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Just have her casually mention talking to a lawyer. Don't make any threats, just say you were getting come consultation to see if she was essential. They'll back off.
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He tryna look at some booty before the Coronavirus.

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