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US employers like controlling our health insurance, because it makes us dependent on them for survival, giving them lots of leverage. But repetitive strain injuries like carpal tunnel, and other neck, shoulder, hand, and arm injuries that are costly to treat are [workplace injuries](https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/repetitive-strain-injury-rsi/). That means your employer should be paying for medical treatment for your injury as a [workers compensation claim]( Workers' Comp for Repetitive Strain or Stress Injuries (mycomplawyers.com)). Any adverse action taken against a worker for making a workers compensation claim is typically actionable, depending on your State's law, as illegal retaliation. Don't spend your wages on healthcare your employer should be providing.
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Donating PTO?
I’m curious what people’s thoughts are on the concept of asking workers to donate their PTO to co-workers in need. I work at a school, and we have a first-year teacher whose father passed away overseas. People sincerely asked what they could do to help, and my director’s first response was that we could donate our PTO to her because she hasn’t accrued a lot. To me, this just spoke to how unsupportive the work environment is- that work cannot pay you during a grieving period unless you have enough PTO. I know this is a reality, but the messaging still felt tone deaf to me somehow.