How can you overcome Adversity in the Workplace? Written by Kevin Quinn In a recent blog post, we spoke of a man named Bob. He has recently endured a situation involving health adversity in the workplace. Read more. Bob was diagnosed with Pulmonary Hypertension in 2010. Pulmonary Hypertension is abnormally high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs. It makes the right side of the heart work harder than normal. With that, Bob has a very difficult time breathing, which as a result leads him to fatigue. Bob has routine doctors appointments and tests that take all day to complete. Therefore, Bob takes paid time off (PTO) to subsidize his income. About two months ago, Bob went for some tests at the hospital and explained the information to his boss via email and in person. Let me just preface that the tubes that Bob has extending from his nose, along with the oxygen tank that follows along with him is a pretty good indication that he is having some health issues. Bob worked for a large company. Bob used most of his sick and vacation time to cover his time off instead of having to sacrifice any pay. To Bob's surprise, soon after he returned from a "sick" day that he used to have tests done, he was told that the company is eliminating his position. As an HR consulting firm, we were contacted by Bob's wife to address some questions she and Bob had and asked VRC if they could find anything peculiar about the happenings that Bob encountered. If we did, what advice would we be able to offer. First and foremost, we explained that we are not a law firm, however, having gone through this [...]The post Adversity in the workplace appeared first on VRC-HR.
