I became very sick with Covid last summer. When I asked my job how they wanted to handle it, they said to stay home and test for a week. A few days later I had my pcr confirmation and that day they packed up my desk and sent a separate letter that I was fired (received box of belongings days before the letter). I texted my boss if she fired me for Covid and she wouldn’t answer the question. They sent the box and letter on one of the days they told me to stay home and a day I was to quarantine by what the dept of health told me to do.
Now this matter is being investigated by a state agency. They confirmed that Covid (at that time) was a temporary disability in the eyes of the state. And my employer was asked continuously why I was fired. They just say I was “at will”. Which would be fine, but “at will” doesn’t apply when the law is broken. There was no performance issues on my end.
This matter is still on going, but I think it’s positive for me.