What happens if medical restrictions prevent you from doing your job?
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What happens if medical restrictions prevent you from doing your job?
I have been put on restrictions – no lifting, bending, stooping or mopping and that’s my whole job. Can I quit still get unemployment?
Asked on June 23, 2011 under Employment Labor Law, Kentucky
Answers:
S.L,. Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
If medical restrictions prevent you from doing your job, your employer has to make reasonable efforts to accommodate your medical restrictions; for example, with light duty. If the employer cannot accommodate your medical restrictions, you may be eligible for a disability retirement. Your human resources department should have the application forms for filing for a disability retirement.
If your medical restrictions are the result of a job-related injury, you could file a workers' compensation claim. Your human resources department will have the information and applicable forms for filing for workers' compensation. As part of the workers' compensation case, if you can no longer perform your job, you may be sent to vocational rehabilitation and be trained for another type of job.
It would NOT be a good idea to voluntarily quit at this point without exploring the options I have mentioned because voluntarily quitting will be used by your employer as an argument to deny you unemployment compensation.
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