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Re: Are you honest about your mental health at work and school? -
September 20th 2017, 03:03 PM
I am in the US but I have been advised by someone who dealt with discrimination in the work place to keep it quiet because even if they are not allowed to discriminate for things like illnesses...there are ways that they can get around it and there are companies that have done so.
So, when I start working, I will not disclose that until after I have worked with the company long enough to file for FMLA. This would, essentially, protect me in a way that typical discrimination laws here do not. When someone is on FMLA they can still get fired but it definitely takes a whole lot more for the company to fire them.
Like I said, I am really only aware of this information because I am well acquainted with someone that's job was to deal with discrimination in the workplace. So, they had to familiarize themselves with state and federal laws and any and all loopholes that companies can and have used.
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