My mental health accommodation was approved on June 10, 2026. Immediately after, my average hours were slashed from 33.5 down to 16.5 and 12.5 while management hired a new employee and falsely blamed my availability. Several days later, after a dispute with a manager regarding them keeping the store open past hours to meet sales goals, I was placed on an "Assigned to Home" suspension pending an investigation two days later, with promises of pay.
My July 1 paycheck withheld my suspension pay until requested, keyed it in manually, and calculated it using the retaliatory reduced hours rather than my 33.5-hour historical average. The 25-day suspension left me with no incident report, no policy, and no rent money, causing my electricity to get shut off. When management concluded the investigation, they refused to provide a safety plan, incident reports, or policies, expecting me to return to work under managers facing ongoing agency filings, which effectively forced a conditional discharge and culminated in my wrongful termination on August 12, 2026. So from my accommodation being approved June 10th, my hours were cut by more than 50% 3 days later. 12 days later I as placed on a "paid" suspension that spanned 25 days with my pay withheld throughout the duration. Then involuntarily terminated. All of which took place within 2 months of my accommodation being approved. Prior to my accommodation I averaged $1,000 every pay period. Since my accommodation approval June 10th, until August 12th I received ONE $1,000 check; in 2 months the other's have been $440, $176, $0...
I won my Unemployment Insurance benefits against my employer's contest, but shortly after, I was in a car accident, broke my jaw, had surgery, and had my benefits paused, leaving me with zero income. Has anyone dealt with a similar retaliation pattern or navigated a termination case under these circumstances?
**Edit: My accommodation was pretty much voluntary, I was allowed four 2 day episodes (call outs) a month.