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  • 04-27-2018, 02:28 PM
    robert1959
    Disabled Veteran Treated Badly at Work
    My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: Missouri
    i am 70% disabled veteran. My supervisor has told me several times to tell the VA that I need a job and should NOT go to the doctor so much. ( I go7x a year )( i try and do it on my days off). He also said a few moths ago he know i am getting screwed when it comes to hourly pay. They say its my fault because I did not complain . I did once and I was told to drop it or I might get fired for talking hourly pay with other employees. NOW fast fwd to yesterday (4-26-2018 ). I am transferring to Alabama ASAP. i refereed a friend to replace me .he told me last night they offered him 58 cents more than me!!! i have been here 17 yrs, NEVER been wrote up, NEVER called in sick, ( even at 70% I did my job as the Army trained me to ) have driven over 800,000 miles with no traffic violations, saved a dude who had a heart attack, put my family second. Can they keep screwing me ? i think i am a PROTECTED VETERAN under the US labor guidelines,, even ADA. Anything???? Any advise , besides quitting would be nice. My wife has MS and I need the health ins for her.
  • 04-27-2018, 05:01 PM
    adjusterjack
    Re: I'm the Only Dav in My District ,
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    Can they keep screwing me ?

    As long as you let them.
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    i think i am a PROTECTED VETERAN under the US labor guidelines,, even ADA. Anything????

    Not the way you want to be.
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    Any advise , besides quitting would be nice. My wife has MS and I need the health ins for her.

    I'd be finding another job that provides medical insurance with no waiting period and no pre-existing conditions.
  • 04-27-2018, 05:26 PM
    cbg
    Re: I'm the Only Dav in My District ,
    There's no such thing as pre-existing conditions on employer-sponsored insurance any more.

    There is a thing called market compression. It means that people who have been in the job for a long time are often paid less than people who have joined the employer more recently. It's got nothing to do with your veteran status and everything to do with life as we know it today. If you weren't disabled and weren't a veteran the same thing would be happening. I won't even try to tell you it's fair; clearly it's not. But the law doesn't give two hoots if something is fair; they only care if it's legal, and it is.
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