[nagdu] Cant do it

[Steven Johnson]

Tami,

I am just jumping in on this thread as I lost a lot of email and am not able
to track this back, but I would tend to agree as most employers at the very
least, would grant unpaid time off.  Others, if one had accrued vacation or
comp, they would make one use this first and if not enough as had happened
to my girlfriend, she was simply granted unpaid time off, and was able to
jump right back in her work.  The tricky part is that this would most likely
not fall under the clause of a reasonable work accommodation...just my 2.5
cents worth.

Steve


-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Tami Kinney
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 9:32 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Cant do it

Well, I would expect an employer to grant me time off when a guide 
became available for me. In fact, when I mentioned in my interview for 
my last position and then the position to which I was about to be 
promoted that I planned to get a guide dog at some point in the near 
future, they just said of course that would not be a problem, I could 
take the time off and still have my job when I got back before I even 
asked the question.

If I can expect that from an employer, as most guide dog users seem to 
have been able to expect, since they have employment and guide dogs...

Why can't the training center for blind students preparing for the 
world of employment be expected to act accordingly?

Also, in this case, they are not even paying Hannah. They are being paid 
to provide services to her. Very probably every taxpayer in her family 
is helping to pay them.

This isn't a shopping spree or a spring break trip to Daytona... If's a 
guide dog. A mobility tool.

I just can't help thinking that the training center is out of line and 
not setting a very good example of adults in the working world.

I may be missing something, but... Stuff like this just irritates the 
heck out of me. /smile/

Tami



On 12/29/2011 05:00 PM, Cindy Ray wrote:
> But you have already started it, haven't you? Also, there are other things
at stake--like who might be waiting to come, etc. I don't know their
procedures.
>
> Cindy
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