An employee requested an adjusted work schedule or extended leave in order to care for his mom, who had recently been diagnosed with terminal illness.

Camera footage showed a delivery person entering the loading dock with supplies. When those supplies couldn’t be found, supevisors accused a worker who had recycled empty boxes the same day.

A local veterinarian clinic fired a veterinary assistant for excessive tardiness of less than ten minutes — despite the employer’s receipt of the employee’s doctor’s note related to treatment for the employee’s PTSD.

Our Claimant Advocacy Program helps workers in DC who have been denied an unemployment claim. This post is part of a series of how the Claimant Advocacy Program has helped past participants.