Hi Purple,
The same ting happened to me when I was out on temporary disability...I was fired after 5 months on disability...I called the labor board here in NJ and this is what they told me: the company has to hold your position for 12 weeks, after that, its up to their disscretion how to fill that position. So they were within their leagal boundaries. It s$$ks though. But this can actually work out better for you. My temporary disability lasted for 180 days, and because they fired me, I was able to collect unemployment benifits for another 8 months...In the meantime, I had applied for SSD permanant disability (and received it)...but at least the money from unemployment was there for me, while I was waiting for the SSD approval. May I suggest you go online and apply for social security benifits. pm me if you need additional info! Anglwink