Employment > Disability. Employer won't make Reasonable Adjustments. I might be fired

[sandfordboy]

Plenty more detail in all of this !! So, no risk assessments of any kind ? Are you very clear as to why you cannot work at your normal workplace ? Please spell out why not ? There may be further options here ! Your employer could easily remove heavy lifting !!

[Avery]

Regarding Occ Health comment ... No changes suggested - OK ? So those Occ Health comments/requirements must form part of risk assessment & control measures,do the Occ Health comments state that you can attend work environment & be accomodated or the employer must make arrangements to suit your circumstances ? In particular what is stated regarding "lifting" ??

I think the OccH report lacks the detail you have highlighted.

It just says I am "temporarily unfit to be at work" "symptoms of low back pain and sciatica ... diagnosed with a disc prolapse with nerve impingement".
He also mentions that I am likely to be given steroid injections or surgery.

He mentions that it's hard to give a timescale for my return to work but he anticipates that this will be at least three to six months.

When asked to talk about adjustments, he just said that "he is currently unfit to be at work and no adjustments will expedite his return to work at this stage".
He doesn't talk about lifting.

Reading your comments, I now wish my OccH report was more detailed. Perhaps I could get my GP to write something.

[sandfordboy]

Regarding Occ Health comment ... No changes suggested - OK ? So those Occ Health comments/requirements must form part of risk assessment & control measures,do the Occ Health comments state that you can attend work environment & be accomodated or the employer must make arrangements to suit your circumstances ? In particular what is stated regarding "lifting" ??

[sandfordboy]

Regarding any recording during interview ... Unless they are going to "strip search" you prior to interview, how could they ever know you were recording - unless you disclosed that to them ??

[Avery]

More information please,
1.Did the back injury occur at work or when performing duties for your employer ?
2.Have you been shown a return to work risk assessment & had the control measures explained in detail ? Were you involved in that risk assessment ?
3.Do you have a risk assessment from your employer for working at home ?
4.You mention an Occ-Health assessment and I wonder how they state their prognosis of 3 - 6 months for suitable recovery & any remedial exercise requirements ?

Thanks for posting.

1. Back injury occured at home, while not performing duties for employer.

2. There has been no "return to work risk assessment" that I am aware of.

3. No risk assessment for my working at home either.

4. I explained situation with disc problem to OccHealth doctor. I described my physio routine and told him that it was working, and that I was improving, albeit very slowly. He just concluded that it would take at least 3 to 6 months. He didn't suggest any changes to my physio routine.

[sandfordboy]

More information please,
1.Did the back injury occur at work or when performing duties for your employer ?
2.Have you been shown a return to work risk assessment & had the control measures explained in detail ? Were you involved in that risk assessment ?
3.Do you have a risk assessment from your employer for working at home ?
4.You mention an Occ-Health assessment and I wonder how they state their prognosis of 3 - 6 months for suitable recovery & any remedial exercise requirements ?

[Avery]

PS :: I forgot to mention that I was also told that I was not permitted to record the hearing without express permission from HR, because it was an internal matter.