Posted by Cece on May 29, 2002, at 2:57:11
In reply to CAN THEY FIRE ME?, posted by JonW on May 25, 2002, at 13:14:46
I believe that they can deny you the disability insurance, but not your job. And, you should be eligible for the insurance after a certain amount of time has elapsed, or a policy now with an exclusion for that particular illness. If it's like my disability insurance, you can petition to have an exclusion removed after a given amount of time has gone by without recurrence- on my policy it is 3 years.
Good luck- you definitely have some rights here.
Cece
>Hi,
>
> I just received a letter from my company that says since they were informed my long-term disability benefits were denied (because I have a pre-existing condition -- received treatment up to 3 months prior to employment), their policy is to terminate my employment! Can they do this? I thought the ADA protected me from losing my job? What should I do about this? Has anyone else here been through this? Any advice is much appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> Jon
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