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Michelle T. Johnson for Business column.
Posted on Mon, Nov. 09, 2009 10:15 PM
Diversity diva | Share health issues
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People with health problems sometimes struggle with how much to share with their employer.
For example, an older woman who works on her feet all day and gets swollen, painful ankles may be afraid to ask her boss for a chair to sit on. And because she can’t afford to take time off, she may not get the doctor’s excuse that might require reasonable accommodation.
It’s a tricky issue of diversity in that she stands out from her younger co-workers who don’t have this problem. But an employee can’t afford to be more concerned about an employer’s reaction than his or her own health or potential disability.
Once a doctor has given a recommendation, then sitting down with the boss to come up with a job adjustment may be in order.
Michelle T. Johnson is the author of two books on diversity. You can read her columns at KansasCity.com/workplace.
Posted on Mon, Nov. 09, 2009 10:15 PM
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