I can sympathize with all of you as I have been dealing with the same problem for some years now. I am happy Susan won that law suit. I had a very bad reaction to MCS this pass week. My doctors could not believe I made it to the office alive. I think educating the people on how life threating this condition is may help somewhat... Some people can be so cold and insensitive tho...telling us to suck it up and deal with it:( Come walk in my shoe when I am experiencing headaches, burning of the skin, dizziness, loosing air, throat closing up. Selfish people

I too have MCS. I have been on FMLA for past 1 1/2 years. In addition to FMLA I have ADA paperwork and 2 doctors notices. My employer would not abide by the FMLA, ADA, or doctors. I was made to leave work several times when I got sick from the perfume and lotions, without pay and had to use my FMLA time. My supervisor Kim France and VP of loan servicing, Tara Hurley would not allow me reasonable accommodations until I filed a claim with EEOC. EEOC advised me to get copies of emails, text, etc. I had to return back to work 2 days after surgery that was approved by FMLA (was not released by doctor until 10/13/16 and was fired for "getting copies of emails for EEOC claim week of 10/3/2016 -10/13/2016. Denied unemployment. Denied appeals for unemployment stated I broke a policy. Did not matter that was advised by EEOC! Did not matter was medically incompetent to return to work! What a joke! I am sure people who suffered with cancer in the beginning went through same issues. We need more public awareness and proven studies for MCS.I was taken to the hospital 2 times and almost died with allergic reaction to perfume/lotions.

The comments in this article are those that I can deeply sympathize with but they also make me sad for the same reason. I haven't got a shadow of a doubt that my MCS is why I was laid off at my last job. The day prior to my termination, I requested to work in a different area of the office, as a coworker (who I'd pleaded with before to stop wearing fragrances because they gave me terrible headaches) was wearing one that gave me a migraine and fever blisters on my lips. My supervisor responded with callous disregard, complaining that I wanted special treatment and I should just suck it up. The next day, just before 5pm, I was told they had to lay me off. They swore, of course, that it was a legit reduction in force and had nothing to do with my MCS. Only, they gave out bonuses the week before, and hired on a new employee the very same day they laid me off. My sources tell me that no one else was laid off, either. Just me. I was out of work from mid-December 2014 until early May 2015 and nearly ended up homeless because I could not afford to pay rent. (Louisiana's max per week Unemployment benefits are $222 - after deductions.) Even with Food Stamps I was barely surviving. I finally found a friend who let me live rent-free until I could find work, and even then I had to accept financial help from my parents and my boyfriend to make ends meet. It saddens me to see that my case is not uncommon but I do have a small glimmer of hope in knowing that there have been others to sue and win. Perfume bans should be mandatory in the workplace, plain and simple and it shouldn't have to take a lawsuit to bring it about.

If I went into a bar, it would not be a surprise to come out smelling like booze and cigarettes. However, when going to work, I should not have to smell like a perfume shop and reek of other people's perfume scents. It is a life-threatening condition (causes blood pressure spikes, breathing, skin rashes, headaches)and despite the doctor's notes to my employers NOT to expose me to perfumes and chemicals, the coworkers IGNORE that it is a form of assault to continue smelling that garbage around me. Like Georgie, they claim it is their personal right. WHY should I have to absorb THEIR SMELL? One worker sprayed it right in front of me claiming that "nobody gonna tell her she cannot wear it". I am considering a lawsuit.

i have had many of the same issues. i have made known to hr, and this is an hr company. it is especially bad in the morning when the scents have been freshly applied. my head spins, my eyes are on fire, and i have difficulty breathing. my complaints fall on deaf ears. riding up the elevator in the morning, is the beginning of the daily assault. once i arrive at the office door, i have to pass by a couple of cubicles that are like going through the cosmetic counter at macy's. it all falls of deaf ears. i also suffer with reaction to chemicals. there is so much here. it is the culture of the company. coworkers cannot possibly understand. there are no outward signs so they think i am just a complainer. most days i run a small fan just to try to blow the constant barage of perfumes and lotions away from me.i even keep a mask at my desk to no avail. i too wish they could walk in my shoes. no it is not a matter of personal preference due to the scent. it is the reaction i experience. it makes it difficult to work in an environment when the perfume/lotions etc make your head spin so much that you feel as if you will pass out.

I can sympathize with you as I have been dealing with the same problem since November 2008. Friday I was told that I was being laid off and should go home for 30 days with pay and try to find another position within the company. Do you really think they will allow me to work in another department? It is time to take it up a knotch. It's so sad that we have to be mocked, humiliated and harrassed in order to breathe so that someone else can have the right to leave their stench behind. The elevator can be empty when you get in but the smell of someone's cologne is so strong it chokes me to tears. They don't get it that it causes us migraines and closes off our breathing and much more. If only they could walk an hour in my shoes.

I have been told by co-workers and superiors that it is their personal right to wear perfume and that overrides my right to breathe. I am glad this case was successful.

I, too, am chemically sensitive. People think it's a joke and lie about it. I had a woman spray my cubicle. What people don't understand that it's not the smell, but the chemicals that can kill us. What I've come to hope when people are so rude and choose to assault me is that their kids get this, see how funny it is.

I work in confined office with two other office workers. One sprays her toxic perfume on everyday in the office upon arriving. I had a anaphalatic reaction on March 10,right in front of her and she totally still denies that its her perfume. Now since I reported the issue to HR (I had to leave work twice in two weeks for E.R. medical care), she will purposely wear the perfume and now she has the other lady wearing hers in overdrive. I moved myself from their office and sit somewhere else. My workplace is not really doing anything about it. Lawsuits like this will make them stand up and listen, I hope. If nothing gets done and I have to continue to have hives, difficulty breathing and go to the ER one more time, I will be talking to the EEOC.

About time! Those perumes with the cheap musky "raid" smell are the worst and most annoying. Why do some people pour that crap on? It's usually 1 person in the office who does that daily. Hopefully the perume companies get sued next and stop putting raid in their cheap product, and use better products instead of cutting costs in order to make others sick.