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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI have a legal question to ask
A friend works with the elderly doing speech therapy. She had been wearing full PPE. But now her employer is telling her not to wear it and to lie to inspectors about wearing it. She has an email documenting the lie. What would be her best recourse?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,103 posts)Javaman
(62,542 posts)Confirms what I was thinking. Thanks!🙂
Throckmorton
(3,579 posts)As always. If you need legal advice, call an attorney that specializes that area.
Boxerfan
(2,533 posts)Politely decline as she is trying to protect her clients. If she senses she will be fired have the e-mail ready to send to a news outlet.
I'd suggest an actual lawyer for that.
Ms. Toad
(34,161 posts)Report it to the local health department.
It sounds from your note like PPE is required (why else lie to the inspectors). If so, as a general rule, the local health inspectors would be the ones to enforce the rule.
marlakay
(11,553 posts)If i thought i could get away with it.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)If that doesn't help, her state probably has some sort of Labor department/worker ombudsman office where she could report it.
alwaysinasnit
(5,088 posts)scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)alwaysinasnit
(5,088 posts)alerting HR.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)alwaysinasnit
(5,088 posts)Tetrachloride
(7,934 posts)Meanwhile , go find the lawyer.
Arazi
(6,829 posts)The backlash from their clients should cause them to re-think this
ret5hd
(20,595 posts)Contact the local media immediately...post the email on Twitter, FB, etc completely unredacted. Dare them, double dog dare them to fire you.
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