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Hey everybody, hoping someone in here can offer some advice on our current predicament.
Firstly, I am writing here on behalf of our my better half, who is currently employed by a considerably sized company which runs a number of care homes.
My better half injured their back at work in May this year, after an issue of a colleague deciding the moving of a resident needed at the time was below them, leaving my other half to either cope alone or jeopardise the care of the resident. My OH is currently under the care of physios, GP, and has attended occupational health assesments when they have been requested. OH is awaiting a course of treatment from pain clinic, and current projections from health care professionals put her estimated return to work at late Dec / Early Jan.
OH has today received a pay packet of £98 for a 4 week period of SSP, when OH contacted line manager reference this OH was informed that the company had lost the sick certificate, which was handed into the place of work, and were therefore unable to pay the remainder until they had a new sick certificate, this was the first OH knew of this, and line manager has advised getting a new sick note from GP and the company will see if they can put the rest of the monies in the next pay packet due in 4 weeks time. Can they do this? Should we be alarmed at the loss of what I think is a medically confidential document? The company has also sent OH payslips from all the other paydays in one go, and they have paid 4 weeks SSP in one month along with a weeks holiday pay, again unknown to OH until now. Whilst on the phone today the line manager mentioned that they had not heard anything from occupational health, we received a copy of their letter weeks ago, so OH told them how things are currently progressing and that they anticipated a hopeful return date approx 8 weeks after the start of pain clinic intervention, at this point line manager proceeded to say "Well you probably won't be back then, perhaps this isn't the job for you if your back is a problem", and started talking about meetings and possible dismissal. Subsequent to OHs' injury another person performing the same role has been injured although to a lesser extent again due to lack of willingness of other colleagues to do their job, however this person has been offered a change to shifts from nights to days, where there is more support around for any manual handling tasks, this other member of staff also happens to be the line managers daughter.
Can anyone suggest a sensible course of action, we have considered contacting a solicitor although with her company paying such amounts as above the costs are offputting at best, or perhaps a meeting with the line manager, bringing up the lost sick note confidentiality issue, lack of action over staff not performing role leading to at least two similar injuries possibly more etc and see the reaction, but are a little lost on what OHs' rights are, and what to do with those rights if anything.
Any advice gratefully received
Firstly, I am writing here on behalf of our my better half, who is currently employed by a considerably sized company which runs a number of care homes.
My better half injured their back at work in May this year, after an issue of a colleague deciding the moving of a resident needed at the time was below them, leaving my other half to either cope alone or jeopardise the care of the resident. My OH is currently under the care of physios, GP, and has attended occupational health assesments when they have been requested. OH is awaiting a course of treatment from pain clinic, and current projections from health care professionals put her estimated return to work at late Dec / Early Jan.
OH has today received a pay packet of £98 for a 4 week period of SSP, when OH contacted line manager reference this OH was informed that the company had lost the sick certificate, which was handed into the place of work, and were therefore unable to pay the remainder until they had a new sick certificate, this was the first OH knew of this, and line manager has advised getting a new sick note from GP and the company will see if they can put the rest of the monies in the next pay packet due in 4 weeks time. Can they do this? Should we be alarmed at the loss of what I think is a medically confidential document? The company has also sent OH payslips from all the other paydays in one go, and they have paid 4 weeks SSP in one month along with a weeks holiday pay, again unknown to OH until now. Whilst on the phone today the line manager mentioned that they had not heard anything from occupational health, we received a copy of their letter weeks ago, so OH told them how things are currently progressing and that they anticipated a hopeful return date approx 8 weeks after the start of pain clinic intervention, at this point line manager proceeded to say "Well you probably won't be back then, perhaps this isn't the job for you if your back is a problem", and started talking about meetings and possible dismissal. Subsequent to OHs' injury another person performing the same role has been injured although to a lesser extent again due to lack of willingness of other colleagues to do their job, however this person has been offered a change to shifts from nights to days, where there is more support around for any manual handling tasks, this other member of staff also happens to be the line managers daughter.
Can anyone suggest a sensible course of action, we have considered contacting a solicitor although with her company paying such amounts as above the costs are offputting at best, or perhaps a meeting with the line manager, bringing up the lost sick note confidentiality issue, lack of action over staff not performing role leading to at least two similar injuries possibly more etc and see the reaction, but are a little lost on what OHs' rights are, and what to do with those rights if anything.
Any advice gratefully received
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