I’m looking for some legal guidance about what’s been happening at my job.
I’ve been with my employer for almost 13 years (I work in customer service for a railway). I’ve struggled with mental health and this added stress with work is making every day more difficult to get through
Ive had issues for the past 3 years — bipolar disorder, treatment-resistant depression, and anxiety. I was off work twice on STD and LTD: the first time for about 5 months, returned for 2 months, then off again for around 9 months.
When I returned, my shift was changed to from 730-330 to 6:30 -230 50 kms away from home compared to 12kms as it used to be. Due to the schedule change I did not have childcare for 530am to be able to make it to work for 630am. Work has accommodated me for my drop off days however been having biweekly meetings where I have to prove im looking for early morning childcare. They required me to pay for posted sites, post on school boards, ask family friends, neighbors etc. making life extremely difficult . since then they finally changed me shift after 6 months of bi weekly meetings to 730-330 but 50kms away. They are not happy with this change .
Recently, my manager (new since May) has started documenting me for being 3–4 minutes late a few times and for logging off my computer a few minutes early. They’ve now has a formal meeting with me and my union rep to discuss “time theft.”
I feel like I’m being targeted or pushed out because of my prior medical leave and accommodations that I required for childcare. . I have no prior discipline or complaints in 13 years, and all this started after the new manager came in.
My questions:
Could this be considered harassment, discrimination, or reprisal for my disability or taking medical leave?
What kind of documentation or evidence should I be keeping right now?
How can I prove I’m being targeted because it feels very personal