Can my employer tell me I need mental help?
I am the warehouse manager for the company I work for. I am young ,22, and the rest of my family works there as well. I have had a lot of stress in my life for the past 18 months. My mother passed away unexpectedly and suddenly in January of 2011. That has caused me a great deal of stress in my life in general then you add on all the stress my job carries with it. Then just last week my father, who also works for the same company was diagnosed with lung cancer.My stress has NOT caused my work performance to suffer at all. It has not effected my ability to perform all tasks I am given. Today my boss called me in the back office to "try and figure out where my head is". He asked me if I was planning to quit. When I told him no he then asked what he could do to help me. I told him some time off would help a lot. He told me I have to keep being strong because he can't let me have time off till the end of the month.Then proceeds to inform me that he believes that I should go and talk with a psychologists. I could be wrong, but this strikes me as not legal. So my question is: Is it legal for my employer to tell me I need psychological help?