I'm totally not sure if this is the place to ask for this - but since many people here have diabetes, I wanted to ask for some help. Full disclosure, I'm type 1 and have been for almost 6 years.
I work at a grocery store, part time. When I was hired, I disclosed I was type one diabetic - to the person hiring me. While I might have made a fool's folly there the woman said she understood. So, I start work and I notice they're not letting me go at my requested times. I bring this up to HR and they said they're going to reach out and fix it. They seemed perfectly fine and said that I was perfectly in my rights to request it. While the jimmies seem a bit rustled, only one person seems to have an issue with it. I quoted the ADA to HR and they seem to understand. I thought that was the end of it.
Fastforward 3 weeks later, I get hit by one of those floating signs over the cashier area - just a small hook on the edge of my eye- didn't really do anything and I just wanted a cool compress. They send me home early and I was like, "Okay, they have to." The next day my mom goes in to get some groceries and she briefly says hello to the manager and asks about my water bottle I had left and next thing I know, he's denying I got hit AND denying that I had even disclosed that I even had diabetes. He was never in the room when I was hired and I disclosed my diabetes- and I'm not planning on suing this place over the sign, it was an accident. He however seems determined to either fire me or quit, saying he's going to take it up with corporate to let me go.
The only person who I had as a friend there said a lot of people were upset that I asked for a certain time to go eat my meal and said it was because of me contacting HR about the accommodation for my diabetes. They've been trying to single me out but I've managed to miss most of it by being okay at my job. Now this manager is directly lying and the person who hired me is no longer there so I don't have anyone to back me up. Is this a discrimination type case or are these people being just jerks?
Again, I'm really sorry for if this isn't the right place! I just wanted some help from people who maybe had to go through this with their diabetes!
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