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If hypothetically one was placed on a PIP, then one promptly asked for an accommodation due to a medical condition (which would address the reason for the PIP), met with HR once then never had any follow up from HR despite providing the paperwork requested from a doctor, and then was let go for not meeting the PIP, is that anything worth pursuing or would the PIP get the firm out of everything?

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That sounds basically sketchy. Enough there for it to be worth it to speak with an employment lawyer about the details. Sometimes they charge you a little for an initial conversation, and sometimes they don’t

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A pip isn't magic. It's just documentation. Ignoring an accommodation request is always dumb. But it depends on the circumstances of the reason for the PIP and if accommodations would have made any difference in their success.

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If the accommodation is covered under FMLA, that’s the law and it takes precedent over the PIP or any other rule the company throws out there. If their FMLA accommodation states that they can’t type more than 30 wpm or no longer than three hours a day. Then they can’t type more than 30 wpm or three hours a day end of story! Before I became a lawyer I was a labor union president for twenty years. I had to deal with FMLA every single day. What I can tell you is companies absolutely will try and get by with violating the law if they believe they can get by with it. I saw it all the time and had to call them out on it numerous times. So if the accommodation was based on an FMLA claim you absolutely have a fantastic case. However, if they only got a doctors note but didn’t have the FMLA forms filled out and approved then you’re going to lose any case you take. I hope this helped.

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