{"id":17986,"date":"2025-06-05T13:30:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T17:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/?p=17986"},"modified":"2026-05-26T11:25:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:25:42","slug":"fact-sheet-fibromyalgia-guide-for-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/fact-sheet-fibromyalgia-guide-for-employees","title":{"rendered":"Fact Sheet &#8211; Fibromyalgia Guide for Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve been diagnosed with  fibromyalgia, you understand the symptoms can have an impact<br \/>\non your ability to function at work. You may find that as your symptoms worsen\u2014pain, brain fog,<br \/>\nfatigue\u2014your work performance starts to suffer. This could lead to more mistakes or difficulty keeping up with tasks. Because of this, you may need time off or accommodations in order to<br \/>\nkeep working.<\/p>\n<p>As an employee, you might not know all the options available to you to support you while you continue to earn a<br \/>\nliving and pay your bills. Here is a list of ideas to help you keep the lights on.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\">\n<div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message et_pb_row\">\n<div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">This content requires membership to view. <br \/>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/membership-account\/membership-levels\">Join Now or sign in below.<\/a> <\/div>\n<div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/login?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fibrocanada.ca%2Fen%2Ffact-sheet-fibromyalgia-guide-for-employees\">Log in here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve been diagnosed with  fibromyalgia, you understand the symptoms can have an impact<br \/>\non your ability to function at work. You may find that as your symptoms worsen\u2014pain, brain fog,<br \/>\nfatigue\u2014your work performance starts to suffer. This could lead to more mistakes or difficulty keeping up with tasks. Because of this, you may need time off or accommodations in order to<br \/>\nkeep working.<\/p>\n<p>As an employee, you might not know all the options available to you to support you while you continue to earn a<br \/>\nliving and pay your bills. Here is a list of ideas to help you keep the lights on.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message et_pb_row\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">This content requires membership to view. <br \/>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/membership-account\/membership-levels\">Join Now or sign in below.<\/a> <\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/login?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fibrocanada.ca%2Fen%2Ffact-sheet-fibromyalgia-guide-for-employees\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":17993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,47,287],"tags":[147,83],"class_list":["post-17986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education-highlights","category-fact-sheet","category-sociable","tag-employee","tag-fact-sheet","pmpro-level-required","pmpro-level-1","pmpro-no-access"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17986"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24105,"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17986\/revisions\/24105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}