Unlawfully fired due to medical reasons?
Recently, I have been fired from a job that I held for three and half years. I had requested medical leave in order to have surgery to remove a large tumor, requesting a six week absence. Complications arose two and half weeks after the surgery, which resulted in not one but two more surgeries in order to remove cancer from my body. The company handbook stated that they will only allow for six week absences, however the first and third surgeries each required, at least, six weeks of healing time. I notified the company ahead of time and they were unwilling to work with him, resulting in my termination as I was going in for my third surgery. Do I have a case against them or do I, at least, have a good case for unemployment? My job was located in Kentucky, if that helps.
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The company is a national chain, so it's large enough. They only gave me six weeks of medical leave though.