Has nanyone else been harassed by an employer because you took FMLA--What did you do?

I work for a large state mental hospital, and am not all that popular there anyway, because I have reported some practices to the internal ethics board for review, when I, a nurse, felt I had to for my patient's sake. However, until I had FMLA for bypass, I was respected and had good annual reviews. Now, I 've been out on medical leave for a total of 4.5 months this last year, and my employer is harassing me so that I will quit before it happens again. (They all have the idea that bypasses inevitably lead to complications, which of course they don't.) My employer knows better than to be too blatant, but I have been but on an unbearable shift rotation, had my work week changed to 5 days a week against my will and original 4-day a week arrangement, had my work scrutinized, been hounded about areas of my work which I had been praised for before, been understaffed, etc. Now I have been moved to another shift altogether for closer scrutiny for ostensible weaknesses in my supervisory abilities, which have never been questioned before.....HELP! I am applying for reconstructive surgery for loose skin, now that I've lost 150lbs, and the employer will fight that if they can, absolutely. I don't know if I can even hang on until it is approved, the harassment is so intense. As a nurse, I also have to worry that I will be set up for a dreadful paperwork error ("lost" documentation", etc.) which could endanger my license, if I resist leaving. Such harassment is very hard to prove, too...should I give up? Any advice and support appreciated...thanks. Jesse

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