I'll try to make this brief. I was recently out of work under doctor's orders for approximately 3 weeks. I work for the (DOD) federal govt and according to our employee manual and federal office of personnel management I am allowed to request up to 30 days advanced sick leave.
I did not have enough leave time to cover my abscence so I requested advanced sick leave. I provided the doctor's excuse and my leave slip was signed and forwarded to Human resources. Well big surprise today because they docked me for 41 hours (LWOP) leave without pay. My understanding is that HRO has the final approval authority to grant approval but seems like they would let me know it was denied and the reason. I have a legitimate medical/psychiatric(sp) condition that is documented. I suffer from (GAD) generalized anxiety disorder with full blown anxiety attacks and depression. I am on medications for this but the doctor decided that I did not need to be around people or the stress until I got adjusted to my meds.
My question I guess...Do I have any recourse here? Could this be an ADA issue?
Thanks in advance,
Mike :?: