I need to know what my rights are

[ajoh]

I have worked for the same company for 10 years and have been in my current dept. for 7 years. A few months ago I moved from dayshift to the afternoon shift due to problems on the dayshift with employees constantly fighting with each other, lack of management involvement and feeling like I couldn't go to work and do my job efficiently with everything that was going on. During a weak moment I went to my manager and expressed my feelings but I unfortunately was so frustrated at that point that wasn't exactly professional or tactful and I basically told her that I hated my job and I hated working that shift. I now know that my inability to handle the stress at work was mostly due to a medication that I was taking for depression that actually changed my personality so much that it was almost like I was a completely different person. I lost friendships and a 7 year relationship with my boyfriend because of this also, but I didn't know at the time that it was all because of this medication. Now, 6 months later I am no longer on the medication and am busy putting my life back together. I recently put in a request at work for an open position on dayshift and was told today by my manager that she was not going to give it to me because of the problems I had on that shift before. She is well aware that I was being treated for depression at that time, and of course there is alot more to the story but I'm trying to keep it short. If you want the whole story please feel free to contact me. The position is going to be given to someone else who has a lot less seniority than I do. I would like to know if I have a right to fight this.

 

[Duranie]

It seems like to me that nothing was illegal here, you already expressed to your manager you did not like the day shift. They do not have to promote you, and they are allowed to give the position to someone else.