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My wife has several disabilities, mainly an inability to walk for a long distance (more than 10 minutes or so), along with severe back and neck problems. These are under constant review with medical staff, as she attends check-ups / reviews on around 12-15 times per annum.
My wife is a hard worker and would never like to leave employment, preferring to stay active and battle her illnesses.
My wife works in retail for a major UK retail store. She has worked there since 1997 and been employed in the same store for her whole career, other than for 1 year back in 2002, when she was seconded to another store for training for her promotion.
She is able to cope well with her current location of employment, as I take her to work and pick her up at the end of the day. During the day, she uses all her energy delivering what her employer expects, and loves her job. She has had to advise her current manager that there is a limit as to what she can achieve with her mobility, but nevertheless, at her most recent review she was graded a 'high-achiever'.
Today, her employer has decided to inform her that she ('without negotiation') will have to move to a store which would entail catching a train and then a walk of 15-20 minutes from the train station to her new place of employment. She cannot achieve this, due to her disabilities, which we hope her doctors would be happy to confirm in writing. She cannot drive, and does not hold a driving licence. Sitting for long periods on the train would be challenging and standing when the train is at capacity would be near impossible.
Also, her medical check-ups and twice yearly pain management spinal and foot injections would have to continue, and attending these NHS appointments would not be possible from her new place of employment.
We're looking for help on her rights, as she would like to stay working in her current location. There is no justification in the move, other than the employer likes to move staff occasionally for logistic reasons.
Any help would be more than welcome.
My wife is a hard worker and would never like to leave employment, preferring to stay active and battle her illnesses.
My wife works in retail for a major UK retail store. She has worked there since 1997 and been employed in the same store for her whole career, other than for 1 year back in 2002, when she was seconded to another store for training for her promotion.
She is able to cope well with her current location of employment, as I take her to work and pick her up at the end of the day. During the day, she uses all her energy delivering what her employer expects, and loves her job. She has had to advise her current manager that there is a limit as to what she can achieve with her mobility, but nevertheless, at her most recent review she was graded a 'high-achiever'.
Today, her employer has decided to inform her that she ('without negotiation') will have to move to a store which would entail catching a train and then a walk of 15-20 minutes from the train station to her new place of employment. She cannot achieve this, due to her disabilities, which we hope her doctors would be happy to confirm in writing. She cannot drive, and does not hold a driving licence. Sitting for long periods on the train would be challenging and standing when the train is at capacity would be near impossible.
Also, her medical check-ups and twice yearly pain management spinal and foot injections would have to continue, and attending these NHS appointments would not be possible from her new place of employment.
We're looking for help on her rights, as she would like to stay working in her current location. There is no justification in the move, other than the employer likes to move staff occasionally for logistic reasons.
Any help would be more than welcome.
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