HR only protects the employer and HR's main function is to work those who are no longer valued out of the company. There is zero protection for the employee.
After admitting I was no longer fit to do my job the number of threatening emails received from HR urging me to rather resign was rather disgusting. I then called a meeting with management and explained they can't keep putting me through disciplinary hearings if I'm admitting to brain damage and that Its not legal to fire someone in this event. The response I received was "sorry but we have a business to run, and I'm not sure on the legalities around something like this." "It's not personal".
Meeting minutes were then mistakenly left publicly accessible explaining that they needed me out the company to use my budget to rehire in my position. How can they then say they weren't trying to fire me when I was asking to please have me medically boarded. This is very coincidental being around the time of budget reviews.
I then thought one of their top executives would care to know what was going on to a person who was trying to get themselves medically boarded and there was disinterest due to the danger of the wrong messages sent from management and HR. It was then brought to my attention that they have or still don't have legal representation and they asked me to bring my own lawyers in to advise them on the situation, which was of course for my own bill.
It was then agreed that if I signed papers to remove me from payroll immediately they would only then help me get medically boarded. So helping an employee of 5 years was only conditional if I agreed to not be paid for the 3 month medically boarding process.
I think the fact that HR, who still felt the urge to threaten and try fire a person who was trying to get medically boarded and who is now medically boarded and considered disabled shows the type of character they have behind the scenes at this company.
