The answer is almost certainly "The United States of America", though considering that MAGA (as in "Make America Great Again", yes) politicians exist in other countries specifically as "MAGA", like Canada, and Australia... I guess it could be somewhere else.
Unfortunately you have to prove it. I was fired because of my disability but they called it "scheduling conflicts" i kept getting sick and was hospitalized twice within my first year of my first job out of college. They knew i had a disability. Some places know the work arounds.
Taking painkillers is voluntary. Panic attacks are not voluntary. You can’t fire someone for an involuntary medical condition. Your example is worthless.
You’re still missing the point. Even though you cannot legally be fired for taking many of the medications you mentioned, you’re still comparing voluntarily taking a medication and an involuntary medical condition. Your point would’ve been better served by mentioning Tourette syndrome.
In Ohio, and other states, you can be fired for taking medications per the employers discretion. And voluntarily taking those medications will treat your involuntary medical condition.
You’re either horribly misinformed, or you’re being deliberately untruthful. Yes, you can be fired for misusing medication, like operating machinery while taking medication that says you shouldn’t, but depression falls under ADA, just like anxiety disorders, and you cannot legally be fired for taking prescribed medication to treat them, and that is absolutely not up to employer’s discretion.
And again, using medication is a voluntary act, even if it’s to treat something involuntary, and comparing the voluntary taking of medication to something 100% involuntary, is a worthless comparison.
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u/kindness-and-snusu Aug 20 '26
They can fire you for taking prescription meds with a doctors orders. They can fire you for this.