It’s a good day for mean bosses everywhere, or at least in California. According to Jeffrey Polsky of Fox Rothschild, the state’s court of appeal recently affirmed that working under a bad boss is not considered a disability.
In the case, the plaintiff, working at Sutter Medical Foundation as a clinical assistant, said she found interactions with her boss and human resources stressful. Her doctor advised her not to work and the employer granted her leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act and the California Family Rights Act. After she used up all her leave and returned to work, she said her supervisor continued to be mean. Polsky describes a particular incident in which the boss yelled at the plaintiff, culminating in the plaintiff leaving work and refusing to come back unless she was given a different boss and specific work hours. Sutter didn’t agree to this and terminated the plaintiff.
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